...own blood was spilt in acquiring lands for their settlement, their own fortunes expended in n.aking that settlement effectual. For themselves they fought,...themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have right to hold. No shilling was ever issued from the public treasures of his Majesty, or his ancestors,...

...spilt in acquiring lands for their setdement, their own fortunes expended in making that setdement effectual. For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have right to hold. No shilling was ever issued from the public treasures of his Majesty, or his ancestors,...

...freemen ; that they had acquired their settlements here at their own expense and blood ; that it was for themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered...and for themselves alone they had a right to hold. That they had indeed thought proper to adopt the same system of laws under which they had hitherto...

...freemen ; that they had acquired their settlements here at their own expense and blood ; that it was for themselves they fought — for themselves they...and for themselves alone they had a right to hold. That they had indeed thought proper to adopt the same system of laws under which they had hitherto...

...British public. Their own blood was spilt in acquiring lands for their settlements, their ownfortunes expended in making that settlement effectual ; for...themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have right to hold. Not a shilling was ever issued from the public treasures of his Majesty, or his...

...was disappointed. The Americans, said he, are indebted to Britain for nothing of what they have : " for themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have a right to hold." And in a passage which must have been in Henry's mind the year following, Jefferson...

...of England: Franklin's idea in his Edict of the King of Prussia. Of the American colonists he said, "For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have the right to hold." He denied all right on the part of Britain to restrict the trade and manufactures...

...blood was spilt in acquiring lands for their settlements, their own fortunes expended in making their settlement effectual; for themselves they fought,...themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have a right to hold.13 Jefferson thus alleged that the British crown had no claim to title over unoccupied...

...to the land to which their ancestors had come, and where they had joined to establish new societies. "For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have right to hold."36 From his elevated place on an outlier of the South West Mountains, Jefferson...

...precedent firmly in place, Jefferson draws the inescapable analogy. As for the British settlers in America, 'for themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have right to hold'. Great Britain offered no assistance whatsoever. The emigrants then freely chose...