<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Imisebenzi kaWashington kusukela ngasekupheleni kuka - 1778 kuya ku - 1780 yayingaphezu kokwezombusazwe nokuhleleka, njengoba ibutho lakhe lahlala ngaphandle kwaseNew York, libuka ibutho likaSir Henry Clinton elalihlala edolobheni. IWashington yasungula amasu namaFulentshi ngendlela engcono kakhulu yokubambisana ezenzweni ezibhekiswe kwabaseBrithani, okwaholela emizamweni engaphumelelanga yokuxosha abaseBrithani eNewport, eRhode Island naseSavannah, eGeorgia  <response>: . futhi. Ukunaka kwakhe kwakudonswa futhi empini yomngcele, okwenza ukuba uJohn Sullivan athathe uhambo lweContinental Army ngo-1779 enyakatho yeNew York. Lapho uGeneral Clinton ethumela uGeneral Benedict Arnold owayephendukile ukuba ayohlasela eVirginia, iWashington yaqala ukuhlukanisa izingxenye zempi yayo ukuze ibhekane nosongo olwaluqhubeka lukhula lapho. Ukufika kweNkosi uCornwallis eVirginia ngemva kokulwa eningizimu kwanikeza uWashington ithuba lokushaya ngokunquma. Ibutho likaWashington nebutho laseFrance lalihamba laya eningizimu ukuyobhekana noCornwallis, futhi ibutho lasolwandle laseFrance elalisebenzisana ngaphansi kuka-Admiral de Grasse laphazamisa ngempumelelo imizamo yaseBrithani yokulawula iChesapeake Bay, liqeda ukuboshwa kukaCornwallis, owazinikela ngemuva kokuvinjezelwa kweYorktown ngo-Okthoba 1781. Nakuba iYorktown yaphawula ukuphela kwezimpi ezibalulekile eNyakatho Melika, abaseBrithani babesahlala eNew York nakwamanye amadolobha, ngakho iWashington kwakudingeka igcine ibutho libhekene neCongress eyayibhidlikile kanye namabutho ayevukela ngezikhathi ezithile ngenxa yezimo nezinkokhelo. Ibutho lahlakazwa ngokusemthethweni ngemva kokuthula ngo-1783, futhi uWashington wasula esikhundleni sakhe sokuba umkhuzi-jikelele ngo-December 23, 1783. 