George Mason, Forgotten FounderUniv of North Carolina Press, 13. 11. 2009. - 352 страница 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, a document 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 concluded 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, Broadwater shows, went to the essence of the American experience. |
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... March 1655 George Mason I patented in northern Virginia 900 acres based on eighteen headright claims.2 He quickly entered the ranks of the local gentry. His first wife, Mary French, gave birth to George Mason II, apparently an only ...
... March 1655 George Mason I patented in northern Virginia 900 acres based on eighteen headright claims.2 He quickly entered the ranks of the local gentry. His first wife, Mary French, gave birth to George Mason II, apparently an only ...
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... March 1735, Mason's boat capsized and he drowned. Mason's death at forty-five left Ann alone with ten-year old George and two younger children, Mary, who was four, and Thomson, who was only two. Returning to Virginia, she settled on ...
... March 1735, Mason's boat capsized and he drowned. Mason's death at forty-five left Ann alone with ten-year old George and two younger children, Mary, who was four, and Thomson, who was only two. Returning to Virginia, she settled on ...
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... March he was reappointed to the Committee of Privileges and Elections, and on 8 March he was added to the Committee of Propositions and Grievance, which welded jurisdiction over local matters ranging from the authorization of new ...
... March he was reappointed to the Committee of Privileges and Elections, and on 8 March he was added to the Committee of Propositions and Grievance, which welded jurisdiction over local matters ranging from the authorization of new ...
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... March 1749, issued instructions to Gooch, on the terms Lee proposed: the company would receive title to 200,000 acres north, west, and south of the forks of the Ohio River provided that, within seven years, the company would build a ...
... March 1749, issued instructions to Gooch, on the terms Lee proposed: the company would receive title to 200,000 acres north, west, and south of the forks of the Ohio River provided that, within seven years, the company would build a ...
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... March 1765, the Stamp Act imposed a direct, internal tax by requiring Americans to buy stamps for printed material ranging from legal pleadings to playing cards. Grenville had decided, as a “friendly gesture,” to appoint Americans to ...
... March 1765, the Stamp Act imposed a direct, internal tax by requiring Americans to buy stamps for printed material ranging from legal pleadings to playing cards. Grenville had decided, as a “friendly gesture,” to appoint Americans to ...
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The Fundamental Principle | 55 |
The Most Important of All Subjects | 77 |
Growing from Bad to Worse | 101 |
illustrations | 133 |
Liberty and Independence | 133 |
One of the Best Politicians in America | 157 |
The Sanction of Their Names | 181 |
That Paper on the Table | 209 |
I Am Grown Old | 239 |
Notes | 255 |
Bibliography | 307 |
Index | 323 |
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