[DOC] [TLE] Virginia Declaration of Rights - Wikipedia [PAR] The Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the 
inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" 
government. It influenced a number of later documents, including the United 
States Declaration of Independence (1776), the United States Bill of Rights ... Ten 
articles were initially drafted by George Mason circa May 2026, 1776;... [DOC] [TLE] George Mason - Wikipedia [PAR] George Mason (December 11, 1725  October 7, 1792) was a Virginia planter, 
politician, and a ... The Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a basis for the 
United States Bill of Rights, of which he has been deemed the father. ... He also 
wrote a constitution for the state; others who sought to have the convention adopt 
their... [DOC] [TLE] United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia [PAR] The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United 
States .... Jefferson wrote to Madison advocating a Bill of Rights: "Half a loaf is 
better than no bread. .... including his proposed new preamble, were based on 
the Virginia Declaration of Rights drafted by Anti-Federalist George Mason in 
1776. [DOC] [TLE] FAQ: Basic facts about the Bill of Rights - Constitution Daily [PAR] May 22, 2013 ... The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the United States ... Declaration of 
Rights, which was primarily written by George Mason in 1776... [DOC] [TLE] Virginia's Declaration of Rights (1776) [PAR] The Declaration of Rights drafted in 1776 by George Mason for the state ... The 
Virginia Declaration of Rights also influenced the drafting of the Bill of Rights... [DOC] [TLE] Declaration of Independence: Right to Institute New Government ... [PAR] Despite Jefferson's desire to return to Virginia to help write that state's ... right to 
rebel against the British government and establish their own based on the 
premise that ... The Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted by George Mason 
and ... the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Constitution, and the Bill of 
Rights. [DOC] [TLE] The Bill of Rights [ushistory.org] [PAR] ... Virginia Plan, he authored some of the Federalist Papers, and he wrote the Bill 
of Rights. ... Amendment 10: "The powers not delegated to the United States by 
the ... Rights and Protections Guaranteed in the Bill of Rights .... but George 
Mason was largely responsible for the addition of the Bill of Rights to the 
Constitution. [DOC] [TLE] Center for a Stateless Society  The Bill of Rights Revisited [PAR] Jan 28, 2016 ... Anti-Federalists like Mason made the lack of a bill of rights the top talking point ... 
the addition of a bill of rights, Wood wrote, many of the states had ratified ... Yet 
Madison was determined that his bill of rights would be mainly limited ... Wood 
wrote, began to realize that Madison's rights-based amendments... [DOC] [TLE] Natural Rights - Constitutional Rights Foundation [PAR] The Declaration of Independence and Natural Rights Thomas Jefferson, ... as 
well as the writings of fellow revolutionaries like Tom Paine and George Mason. 
... Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 at the time of ... It is 
not part of the basic law of the United States like the Constitution and the Bill of 
Rights. [DOC] [TLE] Hands On - The Four Documents [PAR] was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson. was the first constitution of the United 
States and governed the ... influenced by the English Bill of Rights, the 
Declaration of. Independence, and the Magna Carta. was based on seven 
principals which limit the national government. ... George Mason's Virginia Bill of 
Rights. contains... [DOC] [TLE] Mason, George (17251792) - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Nov 18, 2010 ... George Mason was a wealthy planter and an influential lawmaker who served as 
a ... where he drafted Virginia's first state constitution and its Declaration of Rights 
.... Collaborating mainly with Thomas Ludwell Lee , Mason wrote, ... As the first 
bill of rights appended to a written constitution, the Virginia... [DOC] [TLE] Federalists versus Antifederalists

Question: The Bill of Rights is based mainly on this state's declaration of rights, written by George Mason
Answer: Virginia