The Mayflower Compact (1620) |
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| 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. 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 another,
covenant and combine ourselves into a civil Body Politick, for
our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the
Ends aforesaid; and by Virtue hereof do 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. |
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| Mr. John Carver, Mr. William Bradford, Mr. Edward Winslow, Mr. William Brewster, Isaac Allerton, Miles Standish, John Alden, John Turner, Francis Eaton, James Chilton, John Craxto,n John Billington, Joses Fletcher, John Goodman, Mr. Samuel Fuller, Mr. Christopher Martin, Mr. William Mullins, Mr. William White, Mr. Richard Warren, John Howland, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Digery Priest, Thomas Williams, Gilbert Winslow, Edmund Margesson, Peter Brown, Richard Bitteridge, George Soule, Edward Tilly, John Tilly, Francis Cooke, Thomas Rogers, Thomas Tinker, John Ridgate, Edward Fuller, Richard Clark, Richard Gardiner, Mr. John Allerton, Thomas English, Edward Doten, Edward Liester. |
Questions: 1. What words in this document establish a belief in
self-government? 2. What words in this document establish a belief in government
by mutual consent? 3. What words in this document establish a belief in the rule
of law? Click here to print. |
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