In the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims promise "all due submission and obedience" primarily to show that they will follow the colony's equal laws and offices. The Compact emphasizes their commitment to establish a civil body politic that operates under just laws for the general good of the colony, indicating a desire for order and mutual cooperation in their governance.
The Mayflower Compact
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In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread
Sovereign Lord King James...Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith...a voyage to plant the first colony in the
In the Mayflower Compact, why do the Pilgrims promise "all due submission and obedience"?
Northern parts of Virginia, do...solemnly and mutually...covenant [agree] and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick, for our better
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ordering and preservation...and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute [establish], and frame such just and
O to show that they will remain servants of God
equal laws...and offices... as shall be thought most meet [suitable] and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission
O to show that they will follow the colony's
and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names...Anno Dom. 1620.
O to show that they will elect a colonial
leader
to show that they will follow the king of
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