...constitute, and frame such just and equal laws and ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient...good of the colony, unto which we promise all due subjection 20 and obedience. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names, at Cape Cod,...

...civil body politic," to enact, constitute and frame such equal laws, ordinances, acts, conptiiuiions and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought...convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which they promised all due submission and obedience." It was the first social compact in the world, entered...

...furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof do enact constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and officers,...thought most meet and convenient for the general good of ihe colony ; into which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof, we have hereunto...

...furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers,...have hereunto subscribed our Names, at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James, of England, France, and...

...furtherance of the ends aforesaid: and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers,...the Colony: unto which we promise all due submission and obedience,' &c.9 This happened in 1620, and from that time forwards the emigration went on. The...

...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...submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 1 1th of November, in the year of the reign of our...

...constitue, and frame such just and aqual laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient...promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereoff we have héreunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 1 1th of November, in the year of...

...preservation." They enacted "such just laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient...the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience." Of the landing on Cape Cod on Monday, December 11, 1620, Bradford wrote, "Being thus...

...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...the Colony: unto which we promise all due submission and obedience." Noting the contrast between this compact and the laws of the old country, Tocqueville...

...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." Two major principles embodied in the Compact are important: 1 . The colonists were...