Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusarudzwa kwake kuVirginia House of Burgesses muna 1758 uye kuroorana kwake naMartha Dandridge Custis gore rakatevera rakapa Washington hupfumi, zvivakwa uye kufambira mberi munzanga kune vepamusoro veVirginia nzanga. Aifunga zvikuru nezvezvaaifarira zvebhizimisi papurazi rake reMount Vernon kupfuura basa rake rezvematongerwe enyika somunhu wezvematongerwe enyika uye akanga ari munhu anofungidzira ane utsinye muzvivako. Washington akaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru nokutsamira kweGreat Britain, zvipingamupinyi zvakatemerwa mabhizimisi ake nehurumende yeBritain, uye simba rinodzvinyirira raishandiswa neBritain munyaya dzokumakoroni. Pakazosvika 1769, akanga ava kushora mitemo yeBritain achiti yaityisidzira rusununguko uye akanga ari mumwe wokutanga kutaura nezvokushandisa zvombo. Akava anobatanidzwa zvikuru mune zvematongerwe enyika uye akasarudzwa somumwe wevatumwa veVirginia kuFirst uye
Second Continental Congresses. Kusarudzwa kwake kuti atungamirire Continental Army muna 1775 pakutanga kweAmerican Revolutionary War kwakapedzisa kushandurwa kwaWashington kubva kune mumwe munhu aida kuzvisimudzira kune mumwe munhu akafambisa chikonzero cheRepublic yakazvimirira. Kukunda kwakasimbisa mukurumbira waWashington, uye kurega kwake kutungamirira uto muna 1783 kwakamuwanira rumbidzo yakapararira saCincinnatus wemazuva ano. Pashure pehondo, Washington akaita basa rinokosha mukutanga hurumende yenyika yakasimba uye akashanda nguva mbiri somutungamiri wokutanga weUnited States.