In the first New England towns no foreigner was accepted as a resident without the town voting on it. Such consent was indispensible for selling, renting land or providing housing to foreigners.
En los primeros pueblos de Nueva Inglaterra ningún extranjero era aceptado como habitante sin el voto del pueblo, cuyo consentimiento era imprescindible para vender o alquilar tierras y proporcionar casa a extranjeros.