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{{American Revolution bio
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| name =George Mason
| birth =December 11, 1725<br/>Fairfax County, Virginia Colony
| parents =George Mason III<br/>Ann Stevens Thomson Mason
| religion =Episcopalian
| spouse =Ann Eilbeck (m. 1750; d. 1773)<br/>Sarah Brent (m. 1780)
| children =By Ann:<br/>George Mason V<br/>Ann Eilbeck Mason Johnson<br/>William Mason<br/>William Mason<br/>Thomson Mason<br/>Sarah Eilbeck Mason McCarty<br/>Mary Thomson Mason Cooke<br/>John Mason<br/>Elizabeth Mason Thornton<br/>Thomas Mason<br/>James Mason<br/>Richard Mason
| death =October 7, 1792<br/>Fairfax County, Virginia
| burial =Mason Family Cemetery, Lorton, Virginia
| education =Self-taught
| occupation =Politician<br/>Delegate to U.S. Constitutional Convention
| postwar =Politician, Virginia legislature
}}
'''George Mason''' (1725-1792) was one of the [[Founding Fathers]] of the [[United States of America]]. He was an influential member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Virginia Convention. He was a [[Virginia]] tobacco planter who grew wealthy using slave labor. Mason wrote both the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776 and the Virginia state constitution, but he is best known for his refusal to sign the Constitution. The most important reason that Mason did not sign was the lack of a bill of rights. Mason wrote the first document ever written about the U.S. Constitution; he used a printed draft of the Constitution and wrote his Objections on the reverse. His opposition played a large role in the addition of the Bill of Rights (the first ten constitutional amendments) in 1791. He did not hold major office after 1787.
'''George Mason''' (1725-1792) was one of the [[Founding Fathers]] of the [[United States of America]]. He was an influential member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Virginia Convention. He was a [[Virginia]] tobacco planter who grew wealthy using slave labor. Mason wrote both the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776 and the Virginia state constitution, but he is best known for his refusal to sign the Constitution. The most important reason that Mason did not sign was the lack of a bill of rights. Mason wrote the first document ever written about the U.S. Constitution; he used a printed draft of the Constitution and wrote his Objections on the reverse. His opposition played a large role in the addition of the Bill of Rights (the first ten constitutional amendments) in 1791. He did not hold major office after 1787.
==Career==
==Career==
* "To disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=fN3RybwnMAYC&pg=PA409&dq=to+disarm++the+people%3B+that+it+was+the+best+and+most+effectual+way+to+enslave+them&ei=Cz1ESvrlPIeyyQT87sxG The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792: Including His Speeches, Public Papers- Page 409] by Kate Mason Rowland</ref>
* "To disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=fN3RybwnMAYC&pg=PA409&dq=to+disarm++the+people%3B+that+it+was+the+best+and+most+effectual+way+to+enslave+them&ei=Cz1ESvrlPIeyyQT87sxG The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792: Including His Speeches, Public Papers- Page 409] by Kate Mason Rowland</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.gunstonhall.org/ Gunston Hall]
==Further reading==
==Further reading==