Were the Anti-Federalists Right?
“A monarchy, or a corrupt, tyrannical aristocracy” That’s what George Mason predicted we’d get under the constitution. And he was far from alone. The Anti-Federalists repeatedly warned that the constitution wouldn’t actually create a federal union....
Alter or Abolish: The Forgotten Declaration that Said it First
Everyone knows the words “it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,” but the Declaration of Independence wasn’t first. Three weeks earlier, on June 12, 1776 – George Mason wrote that same principle into a document that most...
Virginia Association of 1769: A Step Toward Continental Unity
In May 1769, Virginia took a decisive step beyond carefully worded protests by launching an organized and strategic boycott against British goods. Led by George Washington and George Mason, the Virginia Association adapted northern resistance models to fit local...