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The Signing of the Mayflower Compact

Nov 14, 2017
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The Signing of the Mayflower Compact

After two long months at sea, the mood on the Mayflower was as foul as the weather. The ship had left Plymouth England, carrying two groups of passengers. One group, the “Saints,” wanted to practice their religion far from England’s established church. The other, the “Strangers,” came to America seeking  a better life. Now, with land in sight, the two groups argued about how they would run their colony.

William Bradford, the leader of the Saints, worried that the Strangers would not obey a government created by his group. So he proposed that all adult men on board pledge to accept whatever government was formed in the new colony. The Strangers agreed. 

On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 men, Saints and Strangers. 

In the compact, the groups agreed to “…combine ourselves into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation….and to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws….as shall be thought most…convenient for the general good of the colony.”

With the Mayflower Compact, the Saints and Strangers created a model for people, who voluntarily came together to form a democratic government.

Today, the Saints and Strangers are known as the Pilgrims. Among the original Strangers were Captain Myles Standish, John Alden, and Priscilla Mullins.

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