The English give citizenship to a number of Jews in 1664. In some cases, colonial rulers granted these rights, and a number of Jews were granted citizenship in 1683. When the New York Colony Legislative Assembly passed a Nationality Law in 1683, it was limited to Protestants converting to Christianity, and after the passage of a law in 1683, the governors were granted the English letters of denial to a number of Jews, the British Parliament passed in 1709 a separate law of nationality, which gave citizenship all foreigners who made the sacrifice and paid a fee of one shilling.