On #ThisDayInHistory in 1620, #Mayflower dropped anchor off #CapeCod and 41 of its 101 passengers signed the #MayflowerCompact, a theocratic social contract asserting both loyalty to king and independence of governance (Mayflower had been headed for Virginia but was off course).

"The birth of Americanism" #mayflowercompact
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William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation is the first-hand account of the voyage of the ship Mayflower, founding of Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts, and the further colonization of the region of the United States now known as New England, written between 1630-1651 CE and covering the period c. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1634/excerpts-from-bradfords-of-plymouth-plantation/ #History #Mayflower #MayflowerCompact #PlymouthColony