Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1774 i whakaingoatia ia hei kaitono ki te First Continental Congress. Ahakoa i tautoko ia i te whakaaetanga kore-whakauru me te tono tuatahi ki te Kingi, i pai ia ki te whakakotahitanga. I whakahokia ia ki te Runanga Tuarua
i te tau 1775, engari i te nui haere o ngā rerekētanga ki Ingarangi Nui, ka tīmata te Rōpū ki te mau i tētahi ara uaua ake. I te mutunga, i te Noema 13, 1775, i tuhituhi ia i tana wehenga ki te New Jersey General Assembly, a ka whakaaetia e ratou i te Noema 22.