Why is the Mayflower Compact a significant historical document?
Mayflower Compact
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, etc.
Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and 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 Politic, 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 hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
MR. JOHN CARVER
MR. WILLIAM BRADFORD
MR EDWARD WINSLOW
MR. WILLIAM BREWSTER
ISAAC ALLERTON
MYLES STANDISH
JOHN ALDEN
JOHN TURNER
FRANCIS EATON
JAMES CHILTON
JOHN CRAXTON
JOHN BILLINGTON
JOSES FLETCHER
JOHN GOODMAN
MR. SAMUEL FULLER
MR. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
MR. WILLIAM MULLINS
MR. WILLIAM WHITE
MR. RICHARD WARREN
JOHN HOWLAND
MR. STEVEN HOPKINS
DIGERY PRIEST
THOMAS WILLIAMS
GILBERT WINSLOW
EDMUND MARGESSON
PETER BROWN
RICHARD BRITTERIDGE
GEORGE SOULE
EDWARD TILLY
JOHN TILLY
FRANCIS COOKE
THOMAS ROGERS
THOMAS TINKER
JOHN RIDGDALE
EDWARD FULLER
RICHARD CLARK
RICHARD GARDINER
MR. JOHN ALLERTON
THOMAS ENGLISH
EDWARD DOTEN
EDWARD LIESTER
It was an official document claiming land for all of Europe.
It served as a starting point for what was to become the United States and United States government.
It meant that a group of people were detaching themselves from England.
It was an official, signed and sealed document guaranteeing the land rights to the Mayflower passengers.
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