How did George Mason's work on the Virginia Declaration of Rights leave a legacy in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

George Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights described individual liberties and limits on government power. Its ideas influenced the U.S. Constitution and helped shape the Bill of Rights, including protections for freedoms such as speech and religion. Therefore, it laid the groundwork for constitutional freedoms we uphold today; the other choices describe principles the documents rejected or did not establish.

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