Primary Source Analysis
Primary Source: an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.
The Mayflower Compact – 1620 Annotate
“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, Defender of the Faith, etc.
Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.”
John Carver William White Thomas Rogers Edmond Margeson William Bradford James Chilton Thomas Tinker Peter Brown Edward Winslow John Craxton John Rigdale Richard Bitteridge William Brewster John Billington Edward Fuller Richard Clark Isaac Allerton Richard Warren John Turner Richard Gardiner Miles Standish John Howland Francis Eaton John Allerton John Alden Steven Hopkins Moses Fletcher Thomas English Samuel Fuller Edward Tilly Digery Priest Edward Doten Christopher Martin John Tilly Thomas Williams Edward Liester William Mullins Francis Cook Gilbert Winslow John Goodman
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Directions: Read and annotate the above primary source, The Mayflower Compact, then answer the following questions. Use textual evidence to support your reasoning.
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3. For whom was this document created? (Audience)
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4. What was the primary reason this document was created? (Purpose)
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