Idea of the supremacy of the state over the individual
The common law of England was largely created in the period after the Norman Conquest of 1066
One would be to represent their own ideas how a government should run the country.
The fastest way to communicate across continents in the 1500s was by ship. If you wanted to bring a certain message across a continent than there was no faster way than actually sending it on a ship and waiting for the ship to arrive safely to the other continent.
African(sorry if I’m wrong)