...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." CHAP. This instrument was signed by the whole body of men, forty- one in number, who,...

...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...the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names, at Cape Cod, the llth of...

...another, covenant and combine ourselves ti>gelher, into a civil body politic, for our better or»irring, and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience." This is the earliest .American constitution, and is dated November 11, 1IS2O, and signed...

...ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof, do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws and ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from...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,...

...constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient...the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names, at New Plymouth, on the 10th...

...enact, constitute and frame such equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and 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...

...constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and officers, from time to time, as shall be 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...

...TEA. mutually, in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together in a civil body politic, for our better ordering and...the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience." This instrument is signed by forty- one persons, and dated Nov. llth, 1620. CONSTITUTION....

...our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws,...colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience." This was the earliest American constitution, and was signed by 41 persons. It was in...

...our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid. And by virtue hereof do enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws,...colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience." In these colonies and their offshoots, and in general, in those afterwards founded...