George Mason contributed to the United States Constitution by becoming the chief supporter of the Bill of Rights.
Mason was a delegate to the<em> US Constitutional Convention</em> of 1787. However, at that time, he refused to sign the Constitution alleging the inexistence of the <em>Bill of Rights</em> and objecting the slave trade for navigation acts. Finally, he succeeded to introduce the draft that will served as the basis of <em>the United States Bill of Rights</em> during the First Congress in 1789.
Power, can be a possible answer. If we own strong weapons we can intimIdate other countries. We will have an advantage in warfare.
The purpose is very simple just say its to keep the rights and protect the citizens to promote happiness,life,liberty,and property.
The first president of the united state is george Washington
The threat to patrician wealth was too great and the Republic eventually agreed to their equality.