06020cam a2200937 a 4500 georgemasonforgo00broa CaSfIA 20250724184123.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 060331s2006 ncuabf ob s001 0beng 2006010729 (OCoLC)793521639 DLC DLC BAKER C#P IXA YDXCP BTCTA TBS NLGGC TTU GACCL FMO SMP ZWZ EDK HEBIS CHVBK CaSfIA 0807830534 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807830536 (cloth : alk. paper) n-us--- n-us-va E302.6.M45 B76 2006 973.3092 22 B 22 15.85 bcl Broadwater, Jeff. George Mason, forgotten founder / Jeff Broadwater. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006. 1 online resource (xii, 329 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map) Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-322) and index. Preface -- 1: Retreat of heroes -- 2: Our all is at stake -- 3: Fundamental principle -- 4: Most important of all subjects -- 5: Growing from bad to worse -- 6: Liberty and independence -- 7: One of the best politicians in America -- 8: Sanction of their names -- 9: That paper on the table -- 10: I am grown old -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. From the Publisher: George Mason (1725-92) is often omitted from the small circle of founding fathers celebrated today, but in his service to America he was, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "of the first order of greatness." Jeff Broadwater provides a comprehensive account of Mason's life at the center of the momentous events of eighteenth-century America. Mason played a key role in the Stamp Act Crisis, the American Revolution, and the drafting of Virginia's first state constitution. He is perhaps best known as author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, often hailed as the model for the Bill of Rights. As a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Mason influenced the emerging Constitution on point after point. Yet when he was rebuffed in his efforts to add a bill of rights and felt the document did too little to protect the interests of the South, he refused to sign the final draft. Broadwater argues that Mason's recalcitrance was not the act of an isolated dissenter; rather, it emerged from the ideology of the American Revolution. Mason's concerns about the abuse of political power went to the essence of the American experience. Mason, George, 1725-1792. Statesmen United States Biography. Politicians Virginia Biography. United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. United States History Confederation, 1783-1789. Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Virginia History 1775-1865. United States. Constitution 1st-10th Amendments. Constitutional history United States. Grondwetten. gtt Founding Fathers. gtt Virginia. gtt Verenigde Staten. gtt Mason, George (1725-1792) Biographies. ram Hommes d'État États-Unis Biographies. ram Hommes politiques États-Unis Biographies. ram États-Unis Histoire constitutionnelle. ram États-Unis Histoire. ram Virginie (États-Unis) Histoire. ram Mason, George Politiker. swd Mason, George. idszbz https://archive.org/details/georgemasonforgo00broa Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL9809697M Additional information and access via Open Library georgemasonforgo00broa ark:/13960/t72v3d14f