<Li> 1789: The Constitution grants the states the power to set voting requirements . Generally, states limited this right to property - owning or tax - paying white males . </Li> <Li> 1790: The Naturalization Act of 1790 allows white men born outside of the United States to become citizens with the right to vote . </Li> <Li> 1792: Beginning of the abolition of property qualifications for white men, from 1792 (Kentucky) to 1856 (North Carolina) during the periods of Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy . </Li> <Li> 1792 - 1838: Free black males lose the right to vote in several Northern states including Pennsylvania and New Jersey </Li>

When did non property owners get to vote