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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
On reaching the American shores, the adult males among the
plymouth colonist gathered in a cabin in Mayflower. The agreed
that they would govern themselfs. This government by compact,
which these Separtatist had previously used only to govern the
churches, provided the basis for the government of the colony
for the next seventy years.
In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten,
the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James,
by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith, Having undertaken for the Glory of God,
and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our
King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the
northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and
mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and
combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our
better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends
aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame
such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and
Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and
convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we
promise all due Submission and Obedience.
In WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape
Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth,
and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620
John Carver William Mullins John Billington
Peter Brown Digery Priest Thomas English
Thomas Tinker John Turner William Brewster
John Howland Samuel Fuller Edward Tilly
Edmund Margesson Stephen Hopkins Richard Clark
John Craxton John Alden Edward Winslow
John Allerton Thomas Rogers George Soule
Gilbert Winslow Richard Warren John Goodman
James Chilton Miles Standish Edward Liester
Edward Fuller Francis Cooke Richard Bitteridge
William Bradford Richard Gardiner Moses Fletcher
Francis Eaton Thomas Williams William White
John Ridgate John Tilly Isaac Allerton
Edward Doten Christopher Martin