The Compact, 1620: In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our Sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, 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 Northerne 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 to enact, constitute, and create such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness, we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd the 11. of November, in the year of the raigne of our sovereigne lord, King James, of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620.

John Carver William Bradford John Tilley Thomas Williams Gilbert Winslow William Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund Margesson Issac Allerton Peter Brown John Rigsdale Richard Britteridge Edward Fuller George Soule John Turner Richard Clarke Christopher Martin Francis Eaton Richard Gardinar William Mullins John Allerton William White John Crackstone Thomas English Fletcher Edward Leister Stephen Hopkins John Goodman

1.) Why would the May!ower voyagers consider this colony as an “advancement of the Christian Faith”?

2.) What do the colonists aboard the May!ower agree to combine themselves into? What does this mean?

3.) When and where was this document signed?

4.) Where were they going? Where were they coming from?

5.) Both men and women were aboard the May!ower. But, look at the signatures at the bo"om. What do you think is odd about this? Why do you think this was?