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From: "Alison Wallner" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] COLONISTS-CITIZENS?
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:17:02 -0400
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Before 1776 they were swearing allegiance to the King of England :) The
"colonists" didn't enjoy all the same rights as citizens of England, which
is what started the whole taxation without representation hassle - and led
to the Revolution.
Alison
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Subject: [NJHUNTER] COLONISTS-CITIZENS?


> Can anyone tell me if ancestors were here before the Revolution of 1776
did
> these Colonists have to be naturalized? Or were they just automatically
> citizens of the new America?
> Midge Haines
> mcbck2aolc.om
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