Just an FYI
....Congress first recognized the citizenship of children born to U.S. parents overseas on March 26, 1790, under the first naturalization law: "And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born_citizen
A number of changes were made to the previous naturalization law:
Act Naturalization Act of 1790 Naturalization Act of 1795 Naturalization Act of 1798
Notice time no notice required 3 years 5 years
Residence period 2 years 5 years 14 years
The “notice time” refers to how long immigrants had to wait after declaring their intent to become a citizen. The “residence period” refers to how long they had to live in the United States before they could become a citizen. The Naturalization Act is considered one of the Alien and Sedition Acts passed contemporaneously in 1798. Like the Naturalization Act of 1790, 1795, this act also restricted citizenship to “free white persons”.
Naturalization Act of 1798
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The Naturalization Act, passed by Congress on June 18, 1798, increased the amount of time necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from five to fourteen years. Although it was passed under the guide of protecting national security, most historians conclude it was really intended to decrease the number of voters who disagreed with the Federalist political party.[who?] At the time, most immigrants (namely Irish and French) supported Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans, the political opponents of the Federalists.
This act was repealed in 1802.