Common Contracts
1 similar Mayflower Compact contracts
Mayflower Compact of 1620: An Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth 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...Mayflower Compact • November 18th, 2020
The document you have just read is the first political document composed in America that would influence the eventual form of the United States government. The circumstances under which it was composed and agreed to and the content of the agreement make an interesting story, and one which may surprise many students. It was signed on November 11th, 1620 at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. But didn’t the pilgrims land at Plymouth? When were they at Cape Cod? Well, actually, the Mayflower first landed at Cape Cod. They had had a difficult voyage, been blown off course and could not immediately reach their original destination, about 100 miles north of the Jamestown colony in Virginia. Virginia, by the way, at that time was a huge piece of property. A very generous, if unrealistic charter had granted the Virginia Company land running approximately 100 miles along the coast of present day Virginia, but then veering off inland at a 90 degree angle indefinitely. This meant that a huge wedge of land i
