Answer:
Only those who lived and were born were citizens as in their parents' race considered too but now you can take a test.
Step-by-step explanation:
This is my best understanding as I did not study this let me know is it is correct. the first New York Constitution was written in 1777 and The 14th Amendment extended birthright citizenship
The most sweeping declaration of birthright citizenship came in 1868: the Fourteenth Amendment.
then the ability to take citizenship test started T as the first naturalization act, passed by Congress on March 26, 1790 .