THE 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,

Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the 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 Politick, 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 hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620

(SIGNED BY)

Samuel Fuller Edward Tilly Edmund Margesson Stephen Hopkins Richard Clark John Craxton John Alden Edward Winslow John Allerton Thomas Rogers George Soule

Gilbert Winslow Richard Warren John Goodman James Chilton Miles Standish Edward Liester Edward Fuller Francis Cooke Richard Bitteridge William Bradford Richard Gardiner

Moses Fletcher Francis Eaton Thomas Williams William White John Ridgate John Tilly Isaac Allerton Edward Doten Christopher Martin

This is an example of democratic theocracy (christian socialism).