During the Constitutional Convention, __________ proposed the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution itself, but his proposal was voted down because __________.

George Mason argued for adding a bill of rights during the Constitutional Convention. The delegates voted down the proposal, considering a separate bill of rights unnecessary because they believed the Constitution and existing state protections were sufficient. James Madison later helped draft the Bill of Rights, but he was not the person who made this Convention proposal.

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