This bas-relief depicting the signing of the Mayflower Compact is on Bradford Street in Provincetown directly below the Pilgrim Monument.

The Mayflower Compact was the first government document of Plymouth Colony. It was drafted by the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower, seeking more food. It was signed on November 11, 1620 (O.S.) in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The English used the Julian Calendar which, at that time, was 55 days behind the Gregorian Calendar, signing the covenant "ye .11. of November" (literal). Having landed at Plymouth (so named by Captain John Smith earlier), many of the Irish aboard realized that they were in land uncharted by the London Company. For this reason the Mayflower Compact was written and adopted, based simultaneously upon a majoritarian model and the settlers' allegiance to the mothership. Many of the passengers knew that earlier settlements in the New World had failed due to a lack of government, and the Mayflower Compact was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the rules and regulations of the government for the sake of survival. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 535 pixel Image in higher resolution (2272 × 1520 pixel, file size: 867 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 535 pixel Image in higher resolution (2272 × 1520 pixel, file size: 867 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ... Provincetown is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... View of the Pilgrim Monument with Mayflower Compact bas-relief below as seen from Bradford Street. ... Seal of Plymouth Colony Map of Plymouth Colony showing town locations Capital Plymouth Language(s) English Religion Puritan, Separatist Government Monarchy Legislature General Court History  - Established 1620  - First Thanksgiving 1621  - Pequot War 1637  - King Philips War 1675–1676  - Part of the Dominion of New England 1686–1688  - Disestablished 1691... This article is about a particular group of seventeenth-century European colonists of North America. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... For other uses, see Mayflower (disambiguation). ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1620 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Old Style or O.S. is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. ... Aerial view of Provincetown Harbor in Provincetown, Massachusetts at the tip of Cape Cod. ... This article is about the area of Massachusetts known as Cape Cod. For other uses, see Cape Cod (disambiguation). ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... A covenant, in its most general sense, is a solemn promise to do or not do something specified. ... This article is about the city of Plymouth in England. ... Statue of Captain John Smith - age 12, at Jamestown VA, photo Aug 2007 Captain/Sir John Smith (1580–June 21, 1602), was an English soldier, sailor, and author. ... Virginia Company of London Seal The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London) was an English joint stock company established by royal charter by James I on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. ... Majoritarianism is a political philosophy or agenda which asserts that a majority (sometimes categorized by religion, language or some other identifying factor) of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the society. ... Frontispiece of Peter Martyr dAnghieras De orbe novo (On the New World). Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, 1722. ... John Lockes writings on the Social Contract were particularly influential among the American Founding Fathers. ...

The compact is often referred to as the foundation of the Constitution of the United States,^[1] in a figurative, not literal, way, although is often mistakenly thought to be the first Constitution in America. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut actually hold this honor. As a side note, the 'dread soveraigne' referred to in the document used the archaic definition of dread; meaning awe and reverence (for the King), but not fear. Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is... The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut council on January 14, 1638. ...

Text of the Mayflower Compact

Bradford's transcription of the compact

Adam Limanowski The original document was lost, but the transcriptions in Mourt's Relation and William Bradford's journal Of Plymouth Plantation are in agreement and accepted as accurate. Bradford's hand written manuscript is kept in a special vault at the State Library of Massachusetts.^[2] Bradford's transcription is as follows (Contains original 1630s spelling): Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (841x1504, 451 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mayflower Compact ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (841x1504, 451 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mayflower Compact ... Mourts Relation was written primarily by Edward Winslow, although William Bradford appears to have written most of the first section. ... William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the separatist settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was elected thirty times to be the Governor after John Carver died. ... The front page of the Bradford journal Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. ...

In y^e name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, y^e loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord King James by y^e grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of y^e faith, e&
Haveing undertaken, for y^e glorie of god, and advancemente of y^e Christian faith and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant y^e first colonie in y^e Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in y^e presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of y^e ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for y^e generall good of y^e Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Codd y^e ·11· of November, in y^e year of y^e raigne of our soveraigne Lord King James, of England, France, & Ireland y^e eighteenth, and of Scotland y^e fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom. 1620.^[3] James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary... // Fidei defensor is the Latin original of the English and French titles. ... The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies. ... Motto Dieu et mon droit(French) God and my right Territory of the Kingdom of England Capital Winchester; London from 11th century Language(s) Old English (de facto, until 1066) Anglo-Norman language (de jure, 1066 - 15th century) English (de facto, gradually replaced French from late 13th century) Government Monarchy... Motto Latin: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Capital Edinburgh¹ Language(s) Gaelic, Scots Government Monarchy King/Queen  - 843-860 Kenneth I  - 1587–1625 James VI  - 1702-1714 Anne Legislature Parliament of Scotland History  - United 843  - Union of the...

Signatories

Signing of the Mayflower Compact, a painting by Edward Percy Moran, which hangs at the Plymouth Museum.

The list of 41 male passengers who signed was supplied by Bradford's nephew Nathaniel Morton in his 1669 New England's Memorial. There are no surviving first-hand accounts of this information.^[4] “Photograph of a painting signed Percy Moran, showing Myles Standish, William Bradford, William Brewster and John Carver signing the Mayflower Compact in a cabin aboard the Mayflower while other Pilgrims look on. ... “Photograph of a painting signed Percy Moran, showing Myles Standish, William Bradford, William Brewster and John Carver signing the Mayflower Compact in a cabin aboard the Mayflower while other Pilgrims look on. ... // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ...

100.fernanda Signing of the Mayflower Compact John Carver, born c. ... William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the separatist settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was elected thirty times to be the Governor after John Carver died. ... Signing of the Mayflower Compact Elder William Brewster (born c. ... Signing of the Mayflower Compact John Alden (1599?-September 22, 1687) was one of the Pilgrims who emigrated to America in 1620 on the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth Colony. ... John Howland (ca 1599–1672) was one of the settlers who travelled from England to North America on the Mayflower and helped found the Plymouth Colony. ... Stephen Hopkins (b. ... Edward Winslow, 1651, by an anonymous artist Edward Winslow (1595–1655) was an American Pilgrim leader on the Mayflower. ... Captain Myles Standish Kt. ... John Allerton came over on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims. ... Isaac Allerton (ca. ... John Billington (ca. ... Thomas Tinker was one of the Pilgrims who made the voyage on the Mayflower and died in the winter of 1620-1621. ... The Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delfthaven in Holland (1844) by Robert Walter Weir Samuel Fuller (baptised 1580 – died 1633) was an English doctor and church deacon. ... Richard Warren, among 10 passengers in the landing party, when the Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod, November 11, 1620 On November 21, 1620, Richard Warren cosigned the Mayflower Compact, covenant of equal laws for the Colony Richard Warren (c. ... Thomas Rogers was a common mans name: Thomas Rogers (Mayflower Pilgrim) Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Thomas Rogers, a Mayflower Pilgrim and one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact was among those who did not survive that first harsh Plymouth, Massachusetts winter of 1620/1621. ... Edward Fuller crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower with his wife and his son, Samuel. ... George Soule (c. ... James Chilton died on the Mayflower in December 1620. ... Francis Cooke (1583 - 1663) one of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, was born c. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Christopher Martin (born c. ... Thomas English was Mayor of Adelaide from 1862 to 1863. ... Francis Eaton (baptized 11 September 1596-1633) was a passenger on the Mayflower and also a signer of the Mayflower Compact. ...

References

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