Mayflower Compact

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colonial charter historical document political agreement social contract

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mayflower Compact canonical	27
Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth	1
Mayflower Compact signatories	1
Mayflower Compact signers’ community	1
Plymouth Colony legal framework	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial charter ⓘ historical document ⓘ political agreement ⓘ social contract ⓘ
appliesTo	Plymouth Colony ⓘ
category	1620 in law ⓘ 1620 in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ colonial records of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Puritanism ⓘ surface form: Separatist Puritans 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	Mayflower Compact ⓘ surface form: Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth Mayflower landing at Plymouth ⓘ surface form: 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	Mayflower Compact self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plymouth Colony legal framework United States constitutional history ⓘ colonial New England governance ⓘ
signedAboard	Mayflower landing at Plymouth ⓘ surface form: 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	royal charter of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony charter

Referenced by (31)

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

Mayflower landing at Plymouth → associatedWith → Mayflower Compact ⓘ

Mayflower Compact → relatedTo → Mayflower Compact self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony legal framework

Mayflower Compact → hasAlternativeName → Mayflower Compact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mayflower Compact signatories

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mayflower Compact signers’ community

Pilgrim Separatists → politicalDocumentSigned → Mayflower Compact ⓘ

Pilgrim Monument → commemorates → Mayflower Compact ⓘ

Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger) → signed → Mayflower Compact ⓘ