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The first constitution, or charter, of America was the Mayflower Compact. It
reads:
"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
England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Having
undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and
the 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 Politick, 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 hereunto subscribed our names at Cape
Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James
of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-
fourth. Anno Domini, 1620."
One immediately observes the religious words and expresses of Christian faith
found therein.
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