The Mayflower Compact
the American democracy
The Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims agreed to set up their own government.
November 11,1620
the will of the colonists rather than on that of the King of England.
The Mayflower Compact was the agreement signed by the Pilgrims on November 21, 1620. This document set up a temporary government.
1620 Plymouth , Mass.
The Articles of Confederation set up an independent government in the years before the Constitution was ratified.
The first document created by Pilgrims to establish a government for the colonies was the Mayflower Compact. Signed in 1620 by 41 male passengers aboard the Mayflower, it laid the foundation for self-governance and set forth principles of majority rule and social contract. This compact was significant as it represented an early form of democratic governance in America.
The Mayflower Compact
It was the first official place the pilgrims set foot on America.
November 13, 1620 in Provincetown, Massachusetts