Basically, the people who reside in a land are it’s citizens. Citizenship implies that everybody has access to the same rights. They were subjects of England, citizens in a colony.
I used the word “States”, for which I denounce myself.
“They were subjects of England, citizens in a colony.”
So they would have referred to themselves as citizens of the Pennsylvania Colony or citizens of the Virginia Colony?
And would they also consider themselves to be natural born citizens of a particular colony?