A Dictionary of American History

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Author: Thomas L. Purvis  | Date: 1995

Naturalization Act (1795)

Naturalization Act (29 January 1795) Congress amended the Naturalization Act (1790) by increasing the residency period to five years, and obliged aliens to declare their intention to seek citizenship three years before taking the necessary oath to renounce their homeland and any hereditary titles. It denied the states any authority over naturalization.

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Naturalization Act (1795)," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed April 2, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2T1YGK8EFP2Q4I.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Naturalization Act (1795)." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 2 Apr. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2T1YGK8EFP2Q4I.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Naturalization Act (1795)' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 2 April 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2T1YGK8EFP2Q4I.