A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
The Dutch believed that they had more of a claim on New Amsterdam than the British is:
They were the first one to claim the land.
Back when territories between countries still haven't been settled, the one that first settle the territory will have control over it.
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Baron Pierre De Coubertin
The Treaty of Versailles and the fourteen points were presented as peace making treaties after WW1 and neither were signed by the US