No, what I said was tradition. To earn the right to vote, you needed to be a landowner. Being one implied that you had skin in the game, that the continued prosperity of the country was beneficial to you. Unmarried women, and recently-arrived wealthy immigrants, could fulfil those requirements.
Who could vote was up to each state. Ex: New Jersey let any property owner (of any race or sex) vote until 1807. The 1790 Naturalization Act let free white immigrants become citizens, but that didn't imply a right to vote. Nor did the 1795 Naturalization Act.
This is why whenever they're cheering about the 15th amendment they have to stick "constitutional" in there, because some black property owners legally voted in the 1789 elections. Same with the 19th and women; more than half the states had let women vote before the 19th.
It just wasn't until the 15th amendment that the feds started meddling in the states' rights to decide who their voters were.
No. No spinsters. No immigrants (unless according to 1790 naturalization act).
Return to tradition.
No, what I said was tradition. To earn the right to vote, you needed to be a landowner. Being one implied that you had skin in the game, that the continued prosperity of the country was beneficial to you. Unmarried women, and recently-arrived wealthy immigrants, could fulfil those requirements.
Lol no. No spinsters. Naturalized whites maybe. No dual citizenship
You're speaking about what you want. He and I are speaking about historical reality. You are confused.
>Citizenship
>Naturalization
Who could vote was up to each state. Ex: New Jersey let any property owner (of any race or sex) vote until 1807. The 1790 Naturalization Act let free white immigrants become citizens, but that didn't imply a right to vote. Nor did the 1795 Naturalization Act.
This is why whenever they're cheering about the 15th amendment they have to stick "constitutional" in there, because some black property owners legally voted in the 1789 elections. Same with the 19th and women; more than half the states had let women vote before the 19th.
It just wasn't until the 15th amendment that the feds started meddling in the states' rights to decide who their voters were.