Rights of Englishmen
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The Rights of Englishmen are the inherent rights held by the people themselves, not endowed by any government. The phrase was popular in England and the British Colonies during the time of the Glorious Revolution, and remained common in the colonies until independence from the crown was declared in 1776.
Many of the Founding Fathers spoke of their rights as Englishmen, such as George Mason. Several early laws in the colonies incorporated these ideas, such as the First Charter of Virginia(1606), the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, and the Laws of the Province of South-Carolina.[1]