Two months before the Continental Congress finalized and approved the Declaration of Independence, Virginia’s Fifth Revolutionary Convention was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The purpose of the convention was to, much like America’s most famous document, declare independence from Great Britain. The drafting of this declaration, which became known as the Virginia Declaration of Rights, was led by George Mason. This document was adopted unanimously by the General Assembly on June 12, 1776.
George Mason, a founding father, wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, a document that inspired Thomas Jefferson's drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the later document, the Bill of Rights. Public Domain
