At any rate. there was no race issue injected generally into the suffrage regulations. Another generation saw a marked change. There was in none of the Colonies except Pennsylvania the rigid residence requirement of 2 years. And why the particular need there. true locally. yet not present elsewhere? Probably because of the conservative proprietors desire to limit the influence of the many recent immigrants. The property test was the most frequent and weightiest qualification. The cheapness of land led to the requirement above stated. in some instances. that the land be worth a certain sum in money or produce a certain income.
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