nov 11, 1620 - Mayflower Compact is signed
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The mayflower compact was the first document that tried to outline self-government system in the usa which would have minor checks and ballances, but mainly, it was based on such significan ideas of enlightenment as the notion that government should be instituted only if people need it and that there are certain natural rights that everyone is born with.
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