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The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, consisting of Separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. When Pilgrims...
Mayflower Compact, document signed on the English ship Mayflower on November 21 [November 11, Old Style], 1620, prior to its landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was the first framework of government written and enacted in the territory that is now the United States of America.
Mar 8, 2013 · The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists, also known as the "Saints", fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain.
The document now referred to as the Mayflower Compact was written and signed by most of the male passengers on the ship in November 1620 as they landed at Cape Cod. In his history, William Bradford recounts the event as “a combination made by them before they came ashore; being the first foundation of their government in this place.”
Oct 29, 2020 · The Mayflower Compact is the agreement between the 41 male passengers of the ship Mayflower establishing the form of government of the Plymouth Colony (1620-1691 CE), signed on 11 November 1620 CE off the coast of present-day Massachusetts, USA.
Aug 5, 2019 · The signatures of colonists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower, on the Mayflower Compact, the first constitution written in America. Included are William Brewster, William Bradford,...
Mar 4, 2010 · The Mayflower was a merchant ship that carried 102 passengers, including nearly 40 Protestant Separatists, on a journey from England to the New World in 1620.
The Mayflower Compact. Agreement between the Settlers at New Plymouth, 1620. 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, &c. .
Mayflower Compact, (1620) Document signed by 41 male passengers on the Mayflower before landing at Plymouth (Massachusetts). Concerned that some members might leave to form their own colonies, William Bradford and others drafted the compact to bind the group into a political body and pledge members to abide by any laws that would be established.
