Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Cushing tohu Massachusetts i roto i te Tuatahi (i roto i nei i hainatia e ia te Association Continental) me te Tuarua
Ko ngā Kōhanga Continental engari i pōtihia atu i a ia e whakahe ana ki te 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.