The Mayflower Compact’s Lasting Legacy

I am Mayflower. How the past determines the future. America's future began with the landing

of the Mayflower on December 18th, 1620. The British ship, Mayflower,

lands at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin

their new settlement, the Plymouth Colony. Those passengers decided to write their governing

document called the Mayflower Compact. This document was the beginning. The full text of

the Mayflower Compact is as follows: "In the name of God, amen. 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,