In most of the States situated to the south-west of the Hudson some great English proprietors had settled, who had imported with them aristocratic principles and the English law of descent.
Hudsonen hego-mendebaldera kokaturiko estatu gehienetara, ondasun handien jabeak joan ziren Ingalaterratik. Printzipio aristokratikoak, eta hauekin batera oinordetzari buruzko lege ingelesak, eraman zituzten.