Mayflower Compact

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The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 agreement among the Pilgrim settlers establishing a framework for self-government and majority rule in the Plymouth Colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial charter ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
social contract ⓘ
appliesTo Plymouth Colony ⓘ
category 1620 in law ⓘ
1620 in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Documents of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Founding documents of the United States ⓘ
Legal history of Massachusetts ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
containsPhrase civil Body Politick ⓘ
general good of the Colony ⓘ
just and equal Laws ⓘ
createdBy Pilgrim settlers ⓘ
Separatist Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

non-Separatist colonists ⓘ
draftedBy John Carver ⓘ
Pilgrim leaders ⓘ
William Bradford ⓘ
William Brewster ⓘ
established civil body politic ⓘ
majority rule ⓘ
self-government in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
governedUntil 1691 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact

Compact of the Mayflower ⓘ
hasDateDiscrepancyReason difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars ⓘ
inspiredBy English self-governing traditions ⓘ
church covenant models ⓘ
covenant theology ⓘ
jurisdictionContext outside the bounds of the Virginia Company patent ⓘ
knownFrom later copies and transcriptions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
originalTextStatus original manuscript lost ⓘ
purpose to legitimize settlement outside Virginia Company jurisdiction ⓘ
to maintain order and survival ⓘ
to provide a framework for government in Plymouth Colony ⓘ
relatedTo Plymouth Colony legal framework ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact

United States constitutional history ⓘ
colonial New England governance ⓘ
signedAboard Mayflower ⓘ
signedAtLocation Provincetown Harbor ⓘ
signedBy 41 male passengers ⓘ
Degory Priest ⓘ
Edward Doty ⓘ
Edward Leister ⓘ
Edward Tilley ⓘ
Edward Winslow ⓘ
Francis Cooke ⓘ
Isaac Allerton ⓘ
John Alden ⓘ
John Billington ⓘ
John Carver ⓘ
John Howland ⓘ
John Tilley ⓘ
John Turner ⓘ
Myles Standish ⓘ
Richard Warren ⓘ
Samuel Fuller ⓘ
Stephen Hopkins ⓘ
Thomas Tinker ⓘ
William Bradford ⓘ
William Brewster ⓘ
signedInColony Plymouth Colony ⓘ
signedNear Cape Cod ⓘ
signedOn 1620-11-11 ⓘ
1620-11-21 ⓘ
significance early example of self-government in North America ⓘ
precursor to later American constitutional documents ⓘ
symbol of majority rule tradition in the United States ⓘ
supersededBy Massachusetts Bay Colony charter ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mayflower Compact → relatedTo → Plymouth Colony legal framework ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact → hasAlternativeName → Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact
New England political institutions → basedOn → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Carver → event → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Carver → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Turner → signatoryOf → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Turner → documentSigned → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Colonial America → notableEvent → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
William Bradford → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Degory Priest → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Degory Priest → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Plymouth Colony → establishedByDocument → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Plymouth Colony → legalBasis → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Stephen Hopkins → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Pilgrims → governanceDocumentAuthored → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Howland → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Alden → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Mayflower → associatedDocument → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Of Plymouth Plantation → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Edward Leister → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Edward Leister → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact signatories ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact
John Tilley → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Tilley → associatedWithDocument → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Edward Tilley → signatoryOf → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Francis Cooke → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Edward Doty → signerOf → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Richard Warren → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact signers’ community ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact
Pilgrim Separatists → politicalDocumentSigned → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Pilgrim Monument → commemorates → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger) → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
George Soule → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact signers ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact
Mayflower memorials → relatedTo → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
William White → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact signers ⓘ
linked to: Mayflower Compact
Elizabeth Tilley → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Elizabeth Tilley → familySignedDocument → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
John Tilley → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
subject linked to: Mayflower passenger John Tilley
John Tilley → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact signers ⓘ
subject linked to: Mayflower passenger John Tilley
linked to: Mayflower Compact
Mayflower passengers → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Mayflower passengers → governedBy → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Plymouth Colony → significantEvent → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Plymouth Colony → legalDocument → Mayflower Compact ⓘ
Mayflower → associatedWithDocument → Mayflower Compact ⓘ