Mayflower Compact

“In the name of God, Amen. We…the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord…Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith…solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves…into a civil Body Politick…and Furtherance of the Ends…unto which we promise all due submission and obedience…the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord…Anno Domini, 1620.”