This is Feudalism, a system of protection for loyalty that declined during the Renaissance due to the Black Plague, growth of trade, and urbanization. The vassals pledged loyalty to the lord of the manor.
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Political allegiance and providing military, political, and financial service to a lord. More at LINK
It pledged allegiance to the English king but established a form of government by the will of the majority.
The 10 percent Reconstruction plan decreed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10 percent of the 1860 vote count from that state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by emancipation.
The 10 percent Reconstruction plan decreed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10 percent of the 1860 vote count from that state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by emancipation.
Before going ashore in America, 41 male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact. It was in agreement to the condition that they will submit to a government chosen by common consent. It also pledged allegiance and loyalty to the English king.