But the Colonies in North America, except those planted within the present Century, were founded by Englishmen; who, becoming
* Strahan in his Preface to Domat.
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private Adventurers, established themselves, without any Expense to the Nation, in this uncultivated and almost uninhabited Country; for that their Case is plainly distinguishable from that of the Roman, or any other Colonies of the ancient World.
As then we can receive no Light from the Laws of the Kingdom, or from ancient History, to direct us in our Inquiry, we must have Recourse to the Law of Nature, and those Rights of Mankind which flow from
it.
Enter Grotious, Pufendorf, Sidney, Locke & finally Vattel