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The he Mayflower Compact is the document that governed the colonies during the first ten years of the nation. It was a covenant between the settlers arriving in New Plymouth.

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The very first written governing document in the Colonies was the Mayflower Compact. Before the Colonists came to the New World, they had to agree to the terms of this document.

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