Portsmouth Compact

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The Portsmouth Compact is a 1638 agreement signed by settlers in what is now Portsmouth, Rhode Island, establishing a self-governing community based on principles of religious freedom and democratic rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding charter ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
countryAtTime Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
dateSigned 1638-03-07 ⓘ
established Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ
guaranteedPrinciple consent of the governed ⓘ
majority rule ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of separation of church and state in America ⓘ
one of the earliest documents of democratic self-government in New England ⓘ
influencedBy Puritan religious ideas ⓘ
Separatist principles ⓘ
covenant theology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis covenant among settlers ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished democratic town meeting ⓘ
self-governing town ⓘ
purpose to establish a self-governing community ⓘ
to provide for democratic rule ⓘ
to secure religious freedom ⓘ
region Colonial Rhode Island ⓘ
relatedTo Providence Agreement ⓘ
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 ⓘ
religiousOrientation Christian ⓘ
signatory Anne Hutchinson ⓘ
Edward Hutchinson Jr. ⓘ
Henry Bull ⓘ
John Clarke ⓘ
John Coggeshall ⓘ
linked to: John Warham

John Coggeshall Jr. ⓘ
John Porter ⓘ
John Sanford ⓘ
John Walker ⓘ
Nicholas Easton ⓘ
Philip Sherman ⓘ
Richard Carder ⓘ
Richard Maxson ⓘ
Robert Harding ⓘ
Samuel Wilbore ⓘ
Thomas Savage ⓘ
William Aspinwall ⓘ
William Coddington ⓘ
William Dyer ⓘ
William Freeborn ⓘ
William Hutchinson ⓘ
signingLocation Aquidneck Island ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
yearSigned 1638 ⓘ

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Portsmouth, Rhode Island → hasDocument → Portsmouth Compact ⓘ