Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohu a Cushing i a Massachusetts i te Tuatahi (i te wa i hainatia ai e ia te Continental Association) me
Ko nga Kaunihera Continental Tuarua engari i pootihia i te wa i whakahe ai ia ki te mana motuhake. Ahakoa tenei, i noho tonu ia ki nga mahi torangapu i muri i te mana motuhake, ka mahi tonu ia i te kawanatanga o te kawanatanga. I te Pakanga Whanaketanga, he kaitohutohu ia mo te whakarato i nga hoia, he tuunga i whakamahia e ia hei whakapakari i te pakihi kaihokohoko a te whanau. I kōwhiria ia hei kawana tuarua tuatahi o te kawanatanga i te tau 1780. I honoa tōrangapū ki te Kawana kaihokohoko a John Hancock, i noho tonu ia hei kawana tuarua tae noa ki tona matenga i te tau 1788, i mahi poto ia hei kawana mahi i te tau 1785 i waenga i te wehenga o Hancock me te pooti o James Bowdoin.