William Bradford was reelected 30 times as governor of the colony (for one-year terms), and a through line runs from the Mayflower Compact to our contemporary democracy that hasn’t lost its ...

The rules and regulations of the Mayflower Compact that the Pilgrim Fathers, religious sectarians, abided by, became the secular prototype for the constitution of the United States of America ...

William Bradford Shockley clearly was one of the ... He died in disgrace, and, except for his loyal wife, Emmy, quite alone. The Mayflower Connection He came by his weaknesses honestly: from ...

A lavish new drama documentary by Ric Burns, based on governor William Bradford's extraordinary eye-witness account, the Mayflower Pilgrims reveals the grim truth behind their voyage across the ...