No. I am claiming that the Corporation which is the United States had Original Sovereign Title to the entire country. Based on international law under the Right of Conquest of the colonies and eventual territories And divested fee simple title to portions of it to the States then to people but kept Sovereign Jurisdiction delegating certain Rights and jurisdictional powers to the States Through a Constitution as a covenant with the States and people running with the land and codified Citizens rights in the First 10 Amendments to that constitution. - in Convoluted way to achieve self-rule.

And yes guns and war were needed to achieve it.