Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - Ko nga hoia i roto i te Continental Army he kaitohutohu; i whakaae ratou ki te mahi i roto i te ope, a ko nga wa whakauru paerewa mai i te kotahi ki te toru tau. I te tīmatanga o te pakanga, he poto noa iho ngā wā rēhita, i te mea he iti te wā o te Continental Congress
i wehi i te tūponotanga o te ope taua Continental te whanake ki te ope taua pūmau. Kāore i nui ake i te 17,000 te tokomaha o te ope. Ko te hurihanga i puta he raruraru tonu, ina koa i te hotoke o te 1776-77, a ka whakaaetia nga rerenga roa.