老美为什么会强大我曾听说，美国之
认为美国靠战争强大的人根本没读过历史。制度，五月花号到达美洲时人们所签定的后来被称为《“五月花号”公约》的文件中所乘载的理念便注定了美国将是一个伟大的国家。
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT(1620)
Composed by William Bradford Adopted November 11, 1620
[This Compact, drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower, was not a constitution, a document defining and limiting the function...全部
认为美国靠战争强大的人根本没读过历史。制度，五月花号到达美洲时人们所签定的后来被称为《“五月花号”公约》的文件中所乘载的理念便注定了美国将是一个伟大的国家。
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT(1620)
Composed by William Bradford Adopted November 11, 1620
[This Compact, drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower, was not a constitution, a document defining and limiting the functions ofgovernment。
It was, however, the germ of popular government in America。
Governor Bradford makes this reference to the circumstances under which the Compact was drawn up and signed:
"This day, before we came to harbour, observing some not well affected to unity and concord, but gave some appearance of faction, it was thought good there should be an association and agreement, that we should combine together in one body, and to submit to such government and governors as we should by common consent agree to make and choose, and set our hands to this that follows, word for word。
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In the name of God, Amen。
We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc, having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience。
In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the 11 of November, in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France, and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth。
Anno Domini 1620。
这一段文字，第一次从民众的角度阐述了国家权力的来源：国家是民众以契约的形式合意组建的，国家的公权力来自于民众所度让的部分权利的组合。法律实施的真正力量源于民众对于国家法律合法性与公正性的认同，出于对法律的敬畏而自愿服从，而不是慑于国家暴力。
法律是为了维护全体社会成员的整体利益而不是为了维系某种统治秩序而制定的。
也就是说，这一份写在一张简陋的纸上的契约从法理上根本上否定了君权神授的理论，并以某种形式指出国家的权力来自以全体社会成员以契约达成合意所出让的部分私权利的组合。
《五月花号公约》中所蕴藏的力量和种子使新大陆终获新生。
如果五月花号上载的是中国人或者日本人，会是什么呢？
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