So, the corporation knew where to get employees.(Chattel)
So, the corporation knew where to get employees.(Chattel)
The 1790 act was set for the new nation's naturalization procedures. It limited access to U.S. citizenship to White immigrant from Western Europe who had resided in the U.S. at least 2 years & their children under 21 years of age. It also granted citizenship to children born abroad to U.S. citizens.
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H. R. 40, Naturalization Bill, March 4, 1790
Enlarging the National Community
The First Congress (1789-1791) established federal procedures and criteria for foreign-born individuals to become U.S. citizens. These criteria permitted free Whites of good character with 2 years’ residence in the United States to become naturalized citizens. Congress also allowed citizens’ children born outside the U.S. to be considered natural-born citizens.
Over the following centuries, (((Congress))) readdressed the issue in a series of naturalization acts that sometimes excluded, but increasingly included, people of diverse races and origins.
> H. R. 40, Naturalization Bill, March 4, 1790
> Enlarging the National Community
> The First Congress (1789-1791) established federal procedures and criteria for foreign-born individuals to become U.S. citizens. These criteria permitted free Whites of good character with 2 years’ residence in the United States to become naturalized citizens. Congress also allowed citizens’ children born outside the U.S. to be considered natural-born citizens.
> Over the following centuries, **(((Congress))) readdressed the issue** in a series of naturalization acts that sometimes excluded, **but increasingly included, people of diverse races and origins.**
> [source](https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/h-r-40-naturalization-bill-march-4-1790)
> [archive](https://archive.ph/BM1qx)
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