▁ 1 6 0 3 ▁( the ▁anten ati ) — but ▁these ▁legisl ative ▁efforts ▁had ▁been ▁un success ful . ▁Conc ern s ▁had ▁been ▁expressed ▁that ▁extending ▁the ▁privileges ▁of ▁English ▁subjects ▁to ▁all ▁Sc ots ▁would ▁cause ▁England ▁to ▁be ▁flo oded ▁by ▁" an ▁infl ux ▁of ▁' h un gry ▁Sc ots ' ". ▁Ob jections ▁were ▁also ▁raised ▁that ▁grant ing ▁natural isation ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁Sc ots ▁would ▁have ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁legal ▁philosophy , ▁esp oused ▁by ▁James , ▁of ▁absolute ▁mon archy ▁and ▁the ▁divine ▁right ▁of ▁k ings . ▁Even ▁after ▁Cal vin ' s ▁Case , ▁the ▁English ▁Parliament ▁could ▁have ▁en act ed ▁a ▁natural isation ▁bill ▁covering ▁the ▁anten ati , ▁but ▁it ▁never ▁did ▁so . ▁ ▁Later ▁influence ▁Cal vin ' s ▁Case ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁Rights ▁of ▁English men . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁case ▁did ▁not ▁fit ▁America ' s ▁situation , ▁and ▁thus ▁reason ed ▁that ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁colon ists ▁could ▁" c laim ▁all ▁the ▁rights ▁and ▁prote ctions ▁of ▁English ▁citizens hip ." ▁In ▁fact , ▁one ▁scholar ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁the ▁legal ▁apolog ists ▁for ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁claimed ▁they ▁had ▁" im pro ved ▁on ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁English men " ▁by ▁creating ▁additional , ▁purely ▁American ▁rights . ▁ ▁O wing ▁to ▁its ▁inclusion ▁in ▁the ▁standard ▁legal ▁treat ises ▁of ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁( comp