[rustbucket]

Ping to you lovers of history.

[rockrr]

Thanks for the ping Rusty!

[DiogenesLamp]

I've read through the thread, and I have noticed the same ole same ole arguments being regurgitated again and again. As usual, everyone focuses on the trees instead of the forest.

I used to research this issue quite a lot, and I believe I have figured out exactly what happened, and why so many people became confused over the years about the meaning of "natural born citizen."

But before I get into any of that, the first thing I would ask people to do is to explain why the Colonies gave up the word "Subject", and thereafter used the word "Citizen."

Why did they do this? "Subject" was the normal term for all of their history. From whence did this "Citizen" word emerge?