Of course it did. The United States existed with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The ratification of the Constitution was the creation of the form of government that the previously declared United States would follow.
By limiting them to people born citizens, which they did.
By limiting them to the children of citizens, which they did.
-PJ
“Of course it did. The United States existed with the signing of the Declaration of Independence”
No, there was the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation between the Declaration and the Constitution (which created the U.S.); you may have heard of them.
“The ratification of the Constitution was the creation of the form of government that the previously declared United States would follow.”
Huh? I literally can’t understand this.