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The first people to be considered citizens were free white males. Native Americans weren't even considered citizens.
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White men, woman, and children were only considered citizens and white males were able to vote around the 1830s without even having to own property.
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economic and political views were becoming stronger and people were pushing for equal rights at this time, mostly all races were citizens (black, white, indian, etc) but people still had different viewpoints on equality
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Everyone is considered a citizen , we still are pushing for more rights but it has gotten a lot better since the 19th century