[Mollypitcher1]

If there were not a difference, WHY did the Framers specifically use “Natural Born Citizen” for president and vice president, when ALL OTHER references in the constitution are simply CITIZEN?Why bother if there were not a difference?
Read Vattel,Law of Nations and see the wording. Just google it! Both parents Citizens and born on the soil.

[RC one]

Our founders were clearly well aware of Vattel and the principles of Jus Soli and Jus Sanguinis but it's not 100% clear that they accepted his definition of NBC in its entirety. What seems quite clear to me is that the English common law understanding of NBC was widely accepted at the time of the signing of Declaration of Independence and at the adoption of the Constitution and that NBC understanding is that, with few exceptions, any child born within the kings dominion and/or jurisdiction is a natural born English subject. The only difference here is that we prefer to call a subject a citizen.

There is A LOT of historical evidence that supports this.