On June 10, 1775, John Adams proposes to Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, that the men laying siege to Boston should be considered a Continental Army led by a general. ... On June 15, Adams formally nominated George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army; Washington accepted the post the next day.
The crusades were considered a turning point in history because the pope urban 2 wanted the christians to fight the muslims so that they could have back the control over the holy lands
