The Mayflower Compact was revolutionary in that it was the first example of government by consent of the governed in the New World. The foundational ideals of liberty and self-government ...

The Mayflower Compact begins with the Pilgrims' earnest prayer: "In the name of God, Amen." The writers then stated the purpose of their new society: "Having undertaken, ...

The Mayflower Compact was signed on Nov. 21, 1620 (Nov. 11 under the then-current Julian calendar), not just by noblemen, as had been the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Arbroath, but by 36 ...

The Mayflower Compact, brief as it is, is worthy of more attention than it has thus far received on this 400th anniversary, during a year in which so much attention has been focused on America’s ...

The Mayflower Compact, signed on November 11, 1620, broke ranks with English political theory and practice, in which unelected monarchs issued decrees and ruled by divine right.

Ultimately, the Mayflower Compact forms part of the opening pages in the story of the American Founding. It did not divorce the Pilgrims from England or its king, but it was instead a rejection of ...

A copy of the Mayflower Compact is posted on the entrance to the Mayflower II, in Plymouth. The first colonists actually arrived in Provincetown, it's believed, not Plymouth, four centuries ago.

On Sept. 16, 1620, the Mayflower — an 80-foot British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who wanted to build a new world — departed from Plymouth, England, on this day in history.

News; We the People: Iroquois Great Law of Peace, Mayflower Compact among works that may have influenced writing of Constitution Nov. 27, 2022 Updated Sat., Dec. 10, 2022 at 4:53 p.m. Henry ...

We're thankful that Pilgrims — including the famous forebear of an Arizona Daily Star editor — had the wisdom to create this social contract.