Read the excerpt below from Theodore Roosevelt's book "The Naval War of 1812."

Great Britain's doctrine was "once a subject always a subject." On the other hand, the United States maintained that any foreigner, after five years' residence within her territory, and after having complied with certain forms, became one of her citizens as completely as if he was native born. Great Britain contended that her war ships possessed the right of searching all neutral vessels for the property and persons of her enemies.

Choose the correct paraphrase of the excerpt.

The British believed they had the right to stop and search any ship they wanted to look for enemies.
It took five years and several forms for someone to be a U.S. citizen.
The British believed that technically, all Americans were still British. To become an American, however, you needed to live in the country for five years and fill out some forms. Therefore, that person was a U.S. citizen. The British believed they could stop any neutral ship and search for either British citizens or enemies.
Great Britain's doctrine of "once a subject always a subject" overruled the American citizenship requirements and therefore allowed to search ships.