21 November 1620: The Mayflower Compact—Forty-one of the seventy-three men aboard the Mayflower, anchored at Cape Cod's Provincetown Harbor, voted in favor of & signed an "Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth," establishing the American traditions of majoritarian rule & written constitutions; the Compact was dated 11 November 1620 according to the Old Style calendar.
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