 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Henry haana kugara muChitatu Virginia Convention iyo yakaungana muna December 1775, sezvo akanga asingakwanisi nokuda kwekomisheni yake yechiuto. Paakanga avazve munhuwo zvake, varidzi venyika yeHanover County muna April 1776 vakamusarudza kumusangano wechishanu, kuti asangane mwedzi wakatevera. Nhume zhinjisa dzakanga dziri dzokuzvimirira, asi dzakanga dzakakamukana pamusoro pokuti dzingazvizivisa sei, uye pamusoro penguva. Henry akaunza chisarudzo chaizivisa Virginia kuva yakazvimirira ndokukurudzira Congress kuzivisa nyika dzose kuva dzakasununguka. Apo pakupedzisira akataura, mukuwirirana nomufundisi Edmund Randolph, Henry akaoneka ari muchimiro chaakaberekerwa. Kuputsa pfundo, iro kungwarira kwakadzikama kwakanga kuchinetseka kusunungura, kwakanga kwakakodzera kunaka kwouchenjeri hwake. Iye haana kupinda mukufunga kwokunyengera asi akamutswa nomudzimu zvino wakajeka wavanhu sorusvingo rwomwoto, urwo pasinei hapo nerima retarisiro raizotungamirira kunyika yakapikirwa. Chisarudzo chokupedzisira chakanga chakavakirwa zvikurukuru pane chaHenry, uye chakapfuudzwa nomufungo mumwe pana May 15, 1776. Pamwe chete nokuzivisa Virginia kuva yakazvimirira, chisarudzo chacho chakarayira nhume dzenyika yacho muCongress kuti dzikurudzire kuzvimirira kweAmerica, izvo zvavaizoita, Lee achiunza chisarudzo chacho, uye Jefferson achinyora Chirevo. 