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The Mayflower Compact-1620
In the name of God. We who are underwritten, the loyal subjects of
King James of Great Britain, France and Ireland, having undertaken for
the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor
of our country, a voyage to plant the first colony in Virginia, do
[agree} and combine ourselves together into a body politic [a
community with its own form government], for our better order and
preservation and…to enact and frame just and equal laws,
ordinances, acts, and constitutions from time to time, as shall be
thought most convenient for the general good of the colony, unto
which we promise all due submission and obedience.
In witness whereof we sign our names at Cape Cod, 11th of November
[1620]”
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