The "rights of Englishmen" are the traditional rights of English subjects and later English-speaking subjects of the British Crown.
18th-century English jurist William Blackstone attempted to explain the rights of English citizens.
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775. Assembled at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, they appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army to fight the American Revolutionary War. In 1776, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence as the United States of America. Defeating British armies with French help, the Thirteen Colonies gained sovereignty with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
The Thirteen Colonies of British America: (Dark Red): New England Colonies (Red-Brown): Middle Colonies (Brown): Southern Colonies
Join, or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule.