Who led the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later became the first President of the United States?

• A. George Washington
• B. John Adams
• C. Thomas Jefferson
• D. James Madison

Answer: (A)

George Washington is the person who led the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later became the first President of the United States. His leadership kept American forces organized, inspired perseverance through difficult campaigns, and culminated in the decisive victory at Yorktown, which helped secure independence. After the war, he was unanimously chosen to become the nation’s first president, setting important traditions and norms for the new government. The other figures were influential in other ways—one played a pivotal role as a diplomat and later became President, another authored the foundational ideas of independence and later served as president, and another helped shape the Constitution and also became president—but none led the army or held the presidency first.