George Mason
George Mason was an American founding father and Virginia statesman who drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which influenced the U.S.
Bill of Rights.
He refused to sign the Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights and failed to immediately abolish the slave trade.
George Mason University in Virginia bears his name.
Initial constitutional amendments guaranteeing freedoms
- amendmentChange to official text
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
speech · press · assembly · petition · religion · arms · privacy · trial
Institutional grounds and buildings
- FairfaxVirginia county name
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- PatriotsBoston-area NFL franchise
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
graduate · faculty · tuition · degree · dormitory · lecture · alumni · commencement
One who begins something
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- statesmanRespected political leader
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- VirginianOld Dominion native
revolutionary · constitutionalist · planter · slaveholder · politician · legislator · advocate · leader
Bill of Rights
Initial constitutional amendments guaranteeing freedoms
- amendmentChange to official text
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- freedomAbsence of constraint
liberty · speech · press · assembly · petition · religion · arms · privacy · trial · jury
campus
Institutional grounds and buildings
undergraduate · graduate · faculty · tuition · degree · dormitory · lecture · alumni · commencement · provost
founder
One who begins something
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- statesmanRespected political leader
- delegateEntrust authority to another
Virginian · revolutionary · constitutionalist · planter · slaveholder · politician · legislator · advocate · leader · landowner
George MasonAlexander Hamilton
Founding father, financial architect
James Madison · John Marshall · Benjamin Franklin · George Washington · Thomas Jefferson
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