Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1774 i whakaingoatia ia hei karere 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
Ko te Hui Tuarua i te tau 1775, engari i te mea ka kaha ake nga rereketanga me Great Britain, ka timata te Hui ki te tango i tetahi raina pakeke. 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.