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George Washington is best remembered as the first President of the United States, but there might not ever have been a United States, had Washington not so ably performed in the role for which he seemed to have been born: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
His experiences in the French and Indian War were invaluable in teaching him the subtleties of warfare on the American continent. Serving the British crown in their war against the French in the 1750s would prepare him for the conflict that emerged two decades later: Fighting for Independence from the crown he once served, in alliance with the French he once fought against.
Fun Fact:
Asked to name the greatest man in the Congress, Patrick Henry replied:
"If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgement, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor."
Washington was a member of the Virgina House of Burgesses from 1758 until 1775. Speaking before a meeting of that body soon after the Boston Tea Party, after the British closed the port of Boston Washington asserted: "I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense and march myself at their head to the relief of Boston.

Journée de Lexington
François Godefroy
Date unknown
On April 18, 1775. Major Pitcairn of the British Army fired upon the American militia assembled on Lexington Common. It was the shot heard 'round the world. The American Revolution was underway. Milita groups from throughout the colonies made their way to Boston.

Washington Appointed Commander in Chief
Currier & Ives, ca 1876
One of the first steps of the new Continental Congress was to organize the army gathered about Boston, calling it the Continental Army. John Adams, of Massachusetts, nominated Washington, then a colonel in the Virginia militia, to serve as commander-in-chief of the army, recording in his diary: