Because they had to ensure military support from all the colonies and George Washington was a Virginian so John Adams thought he would get the support from all the colonies.
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General George Washington
The British Government, because the group who appointed George Washington commander of the colonial army would obviously be the British Government. Why? You ask? Because nobody answered this already is one, and two, because the British hate other people who aren't British, well they did.
Because George Washington had military experience, well respected, and was from the south
Chose John Hancock as president, voted to organize an army and navy and issue money, made George Washington commander of a newly organizing Continental Army, and acted as government of the colonies throughout the war.
He led Pickett's charge in the Battle of Gettysburg on the third day which determined who would win.