The Mayflower Compact changed the course of history by paving the road to democracy and self-governance in America.

After an arduous journey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, the colonists we call the Pilgrims were faced with a monumental decision: What to do next? Blown off course by massive storms, the weary ...

Angela Sailor serves as vice president of The Feulner Institute at The Heritage Foundation. Joseph Loconte / @JosephLoconte Joseph Loconte, Ph.D., is the director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for ...

Angela Sailor serves as vice president of The Feulner Institute at The Heritage Foundation. A group of scholars meets this week to discuss the impact of the Mayflower Compact—signed 400 years ago last ...

In November 1620, the Mayflower completed its voyage across the Atlantic. Before its weary passengers walked on American soil for the first time, 41 men signed their names to a simple agreement. They ...

There is much more worth commemorating in the history of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, but that would require additional articles. First, a little history leading up to the signing of the Mayflower ...

Just over four centuries ago, 102 men, women and children set sail on the Mayflower, a Virginia Company merchant ship from England bound for the New World. While the passengers had no idea what their ...

The Mayflower, a leaky 80-foot-long British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who were determined to build a new society "for the glory of God," departed from Plymouth, England on this day in history ...

This month marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival at Plymouth Rock and the signing of the Mayflower Compact, the first set of rules for self-governance in the New World. On Sept. 6, ...

The Mayflower Compact, signed 400 years ago this week, helped lay a foundation for America’s commitment to government by consent of the governed. In his famous Leviathan, the 17th-century theorist ...

History tells us that the journey across the Atlantic in the Mayflower and that first winter in the New World was tough for the English settlers known as “the Pilgrims.” But what you might not know: ...

A group of scholars meets this week to discuss the impact of the Mayflower Compact—signed 400 years ago last week, on Nov. 11, 1620—on the American concept of the rule of law. The Heritage Foundation ...