Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Majalisa
ya kirkiro rundunar sojin nahiyar a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1775, kuma Samuel da John Adams sun zabi Washington ya zama babban kwamandanta. An zabi Washington a kan John Hancock saboda kwarewar soja da kuma imani cewa Virginia zai fi dacewa da haɗin gwiwar. An ɗauke shi a matsayin shugaba mai ƙwazo wanda ya kame "burinsa". An zabe shi da baki daya a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan da majalisar ta yi a rana mai zuwa.