五月花号公约 五月花号公约英语Mayflower Compact是前往北美洲新英格兰殖民地的名英国分离主义者又称天路客在上岸之前其中的名成年男子于年月日在五月花号上签订的政治声明同意创建并服从一个政府 五月花号公约创建了一个先例即政府是基于被管理者的同意而成立的而且将以法治国这也是创立美国的主要思想之一即在同一个社会里的所有公民自由结合的权利并可以通过制定对大家都有利的法律来管理自己 现代英语版 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 Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c 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 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 do enact 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 the Colony unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at CapeCod the eleventh of November in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James of England France and Ireland the eighteenth and of Scotland the fiftyfourth Anno Domini