Naturalization Act of 1795
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The United States Naturalization Act of 1795 (1 Stat. 414, enacted January 29, 1795) repealed and replaced the Naturalization Act of 1790. The main change made by the 1795 Act from the 1790 Act was the increase in the period of required residence in the United States before an alien can be naturalized from two to five years.
Other short titles | Naturalization Act |
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Long title | An Act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization ; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject. |
Enacted by | the 3rd United States Congress |
Effective | January 29, 1795 |
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Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 3–20 |
Statutes at Large | 1 Stat. 414, chap. 20 |
Codification | |
Acts repealed | Naturalization Act of 1790 |
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The Act also omitted the term "natural born" in the characterisation of children born outside the US to US citizen parents.[1] The Act repeated the limitation in the 1790 Act that naturalization was reserved only for "free white person[s]." It also changed the requirement in the 1790 Act of "good character" to read "good moral character."