<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekwa pana April 12, 1757, pedyo neCharlestown, Cecil County, Dunhu reMaryland, British America, Key akatevera kosi yedzidzo. Akanga ari Mutsigiri wechokwadi mukati meAmerican Revolutionary War, achirwa neBritish Army  <response>: kubva muna 1777 kusvika muna 1781. Akashanda muMaryland Loyalists Battalion somutungamiriri. Key neboka rake rose vakabatwa neuto reSpain - iro rakanga riri muhondo neBritain - muPensacola, Florida. Key akanga ari musungwa kwemwedzi muHavana, Cuba asati aburitswa ndokutumirwa kuNew York City, New York kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Pashure pehondo, Key akaenda kuEngland uye akapedza kudzidza kuMiddle Temple muLondon muna 1784 uye akaverenga mutemo muna 1785. Akadzokera kuMaryland muna 1785. Akagamuchirwa kubhawa uye akapinda tsika yega muLeonardtown, Maryland kubva muna 1787 kusvika muna 1790. Akaramba achiita basa roga roga muAnnapolis, Maryland kubva muna 1790 kusvika muna 1794, uye kubva muna 1799 kusvika muna 1800. Akanga ari nhengo yeMaryland House of Delegates kubva muna 1794 kusvika muna 1799. Akanga ari Meya weAnnapolis kubva muna 1797 kusvika muna 1798. 