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Which is George Mason's greatest contribution to the United States?

Aleading the support for the Bill of Rights
Bconvincing states to ratify the U.S. Constitution
Cwriting most of the U.S. Constitution
Dproposing the compromise that led to the U.S. Constitu

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George Mason's greatest contribution to the United States was leading the support for the Bill of Rights. So the correct option in regards to the given question is option "a". George Mason was born on 11th December 1725 and died on 7th October in the year 1792. He was considered as not only a great American patriot and a states man, but was also a delegate representing the state of Virginia to the United States Constitutional Convention. George Mason is also considered the Father of United States Bill of Rights in the country of United States of America. Mason did not like slavery at all and so was against it.

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Answer:  A. Leading the support for the Bill of Rights.

Explanation:

George Mason was part of a committee working on a constitution for the state of Virginia in 1776, and authored a Declaration of Rights to be included in that Constitution.  The Virginia Declaration of Rights, authored by Mason, became the basis for the Bill of Rights that later became part of the United States Constitution.

In September, 1787, Mason was part of the Constitutional Convention for the United States held in Philadelphia.  As reported by the Smithsonian Magazine (April 30, 2000), "Toward the end of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Mason proposed that a bill of rights preface the Constitution, but his proposal was defeated. When he refused to sign the new Constitution, his decision baffled some and alienated others, including his old friend, George Washington. Mason's stand nonetheless had its effect. At the first session of the first Congress, Madison introduced a Bill of Rights that paralleled Mason's Declaration of Rights of 1776.
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