Naturalization Act of 1795

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The Naturalization Act of 1795 was an early U.S. federal law that lengthened the residency requirement and added other restrictions for immigrants seeking American citizenship.

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Naturalization Act of 1795 canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
naturalization law ⓘ
appliedTo aliens ⓘ
immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship ⓘ
appliedWithinTerritory United States and its jurisdiction ⓘ
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
changedResidencyRequirementFromYears 2 ⓘ
changedResidencyRequirementToYears 5 ⓘ
citizenshipConferredBy court order after meeting statutory requirements ⓘ
congressNumber 3rd United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
courtType federal or state court of record ⓘ
dateEnacted 1795-01-29 ⓘ
declarationOfIntentionLeadTime 3 years ⓘ
declarationOfIntentionRequired true ⓘ
effectOnImmigrants made naturalization more difficult ⓘ
followedBy Naturalization Act of 1798 ⓘ
goodCharacterEvidenceRequired testimony of witnesses ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Republic ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfStatute English ⓘ
legalField citizenship law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
legalStatus superseded ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfLegislature Philadelphia ⓘ
oathIncludedRenunciationOf former allegiance ⓘ
titles of nobility ⓘ
oathOfAllegianceRequired true ⓘ
officeholderAtSigning President of the United States ⓘ
partOf early United States immigration and nationality law ⓘ
policyGoal standardize naturalization procedures ⓘ
tighten requirements for naturalization ⓘ
previousResidencyRequirement 2 years ⓘ
replaced Naturalization Act of 1790 ⓘ
requiredCourtProceeding true ⓘ
requiredGoodCharacter true ⓘ
requiredOathSupport Constitution of the United States ⓘ
requiredRenunciationOf foreign sovereignty ⓘ
hereditary titles ⓘ
residencyRequirement 5 years ⓘ
restrictedTo free white persons ⓘ
shortDescription U.S. federal law lengthening residency and adding restrictions for naturalization ⓘ
signedBy George Washington ⓘ
subject citizenship ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
naturalization ⓘ
yearEnacted 1795 ⓘ

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4th United States Congress → enactedLaw → Naturalization Act of 1795 ⓘ
Naturalization Act of 1790 → repealedBy → Naturalization Act of 1795 ⓘ