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To: WhiskeyX
A quick check of the Dutch language reveals the usage of the word "staatsburger". State-Bhurgher, or "State City-Dweller."

I would be very surprised to find the Dutch using the word "Citizen."

268 posted on 03/21/2016 5:22:07 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

The ancient origins of citizenship centered around being a member of the civil society of a city-state and later of an empire centered upon a founding city-state. Due to the historical origins of the Dutch nation, their citizenship rested upon a continuation of the emphasis upon the city-state as the basis for citizenship, which is still reflected in the citizenship of the Netherlands. This history of disparate social groups forming a confederated national government and identity was one of the great influences upon the Founders in addition to the Swiss Confederation. The North American British Colonies were also made up of many dissimilar societies speaking many languages and accustomed to many different legal systems, unlike England. The Dutch experience, New Netherlands and New Amsterdam, and the Swiss Confederation experience served as role models in part for the Congress to unify its own disparate cultures among the British North American Colonies and their colonial citziens. See:

History of Dutch nationality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dutch_nationality


270 posted on 03/21/2016 7:17:29 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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