Partus Sequitur Patrem.
Before that, Section IV of the Articles of Confederation.
The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State, to any other State, of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also that no imposition, duties or restriction shall be laid by any State, on the property of the United States, or either of them.There was no "citizen of the confederation," offered just to show that state citizenship existed before the constitution was ratified. Ratification of the constitution then brought its art IV, sec. 2 into force.
On the OP, it is amazing to see such a blatant lie perpetrated by an author who dared to name herself! Future historians are going to have a very difficult time figuring out what the truth of the matter was, there is probably a ton of falsehood for every ounce of truth.
I’m sure that was the case in Greta Britain, but we founded a new nation. If we wanted to be bound by the laws of England we could have remained colonies instead of forming an independent republic.
If the Queen of England had given birth outside of the country, her offspring would have been a natural born subject or citizen of England. In this country, we are all sovereign.