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I admit that I don’t know the details of how citizenship was handled after the American revolution, but that was only about 30 years prior. My understanding is
by kd5bjo 7y ago
I admit that I don’t know the details of how citizenship was handled after the American revolution, but that was only about 30 years prior. My understanding is that the vast majority of American citizens were considered by the Crown to be British citizens.
It was definitely pitched to me that way in grade school, that until 1812 England basically considered the US to be a self-governing piece of the empire instead of an independent country.
- btilly 7y agoMy understanding is that Americans born in America were recognized not to be British citizens, but those born in Britain who later emigrated were considered British citizens. That said, over a third of sailors on American ships were British citizens who were pursuing higher pay and better conditions. And then per https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/summer/1812-impressment.html https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/summer/1... there is the case of Charles Davis, an Englishman impressed into the US navy. We have no records of how common that was.