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I chose this picture because it symbolizes The Liberty of America.

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This was said by the Pilgrams and Separatists between the agreement of equality,

"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, e&.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."

This agreement ensured the equality between the members of the Pilgrims and separatists, and then the two groups joined together to be recognized as the "Pilgrims" instead of the "Saints" and the "Strangers". They also elected John Carver as their first governor.

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"The Mayflower Compact"
Signed by:

• John Carver
• Digery Priest
• William Brewster
• Edmund Margesson
• John Alden
• George Soule
• James Chilton
• Francis Cooke
• Moses Fletcher
• John Ridgate
• Christopher Martin
• William Mullins
• Thomas English
• John Howland
• Stephen Hopkins
• Edward Winslow
• Gilbert Winslow
• Miles Standish
• Richard Bitteridge
• Francis Eaton
• John Tilly

• John Billington
• Thomas Tinker
• Samuel Fuller
• Richard Clark
• John Allerton
• Richard Warren
• Edward Liester
• William Bradford
• Thomas Williams
• Issac Allerton
• Peter Brown
• John Turner
• Edward Tilly
• John Craxton
• Thomas Rogers
• John Goodman
• Edward Fuller
• Richard Gardiner
• William White
• Edward Doten

Preliminary links and descriptions.

http://www.ushistory.org/documents/index.html
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/mayflower.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/charter.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/declaration.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/libertydeath.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/confederation.htm

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There are many questions I have about this time period. It's hard to narrow all of them down in five simple questions. The main question is "How influential the Encounter and Foundation time period of literature was?" If I had to break down this question into five smaller ones, they would be:

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