[  More than 150 years older than the U.S. Constitution,
[  the Mayflower Compact of 1620 has often been described 
[  as being "America's First Constitution".

[ 'And amazingly it says so: "a voyage to plant the first colony"
[  named after a primitive wooden boat called "the Mayflower"
[  that landed over on the far eastern sea coast near New York city.



THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT OF 1620

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, ETC.

HAVING UNDERTAKEN, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH AND 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 POLITIC, 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 HEREUNDER
SUBSCRIBED OUR NAMES AT CAPE COD, THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER, IN THE
YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVEREIGN LORD KING JAMES, OF ENGLAND,
FRANCE AND IRELAND THE EIGHTEENTH, AND OF SCOTLAND THE
FIFTY-FOURTH. ANNO DOMINI 1620.