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Colonial Amerca
Methods for naturalization/denization by the early colonies
| Method | Place |
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| enrollment with a local registrar | MD, N/SC, VA |
| enrollment in a court | N/SC, VA |
| approval by a town meeting | CT |
| approval by a city council | NY |
| admission as a freeman | CT, MA, RI |
| approval by a proprietor or trustee | DE, GA, MD, N/SC, PA |
| approval by a governor/council | DE, MD, NY, PA, VA |
| approval by an assembly act | CT, DE, GA, MD, MA, NJ, NY, N/SC, PA, RI, VA |
| no laws | NH |
Colonies that performed naturalization/denization in groups:
NY, PA, SC, GA
Colonial Commodities
Georgia: Rice, beef, indigo, deerskins
Maryland: Tobacco, wheat, oats, timber, pork, corn
Massachusetts: Timber, fish, molasses, rum, sugar, salt. Also processed sugar from the West Indies.
Newfoundland: Fish, whale oil
New Hampshire: Timber
New York: Grain, flour, sugar, iron
North Carolina: Lumber, tar, pitch, turpentine, beef, pork
Nova Scotia: Fish, whale oil
Pennsylvania: Grain, flour, sugar, iron
Quebec: Furs, wheat
South Carolina: Rice, beef, indigo, deerskins
Virginia: Tobacco, wheat, oats, timber, pork, corn
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