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The Naturalization Act of 1790 (1 Stat. 103, enacted March 26, 1790) was a law of the United States Congress that set the first uniform rules for the granting of United States citizenship by naturalization.
Mar 19, 2013 · Alternately known as the Nationality Act, the Naturalization Act of 1790 restricted citizenship to "any alien, being a free white person" who had been in the U.S. for two years. In effect, it left out indentured servants, slaves, and most women.
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This was the first law to define eligibility for citizenship by naturalization and establish standards and procedures by which immigrants became US citizens. In this early version, Congress limited this important right to “free white persons.”.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. The Naturalization Act of 1790 ( 1 Stat. 103, enacted March 26, 1790) was a law of the United States Congress that set the first uniform rules for the granting of United States citizenship by naturalization.
The 1790 United States census was the first United States census. It recorded the population of the whole United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution and applicable laws.
- United States
- Office of the United States Marshal
- 3,929,214
- Virginia (747,610)
Census data, news headlines, and pop culture images and information related to the decade of the 1790s.
References. External links. Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) U.S. territorial extent in 1790. This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1790 to 1819 . 1790s. 1790 – Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes 13th state.
