Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses against papal indulgences, or the atonement of sins through monetary payment, on the door of the church at Wittenberg, Germany. ... As he expanded his critique into other areas of church policy and the conflict with Rome intensified.
The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States.<span> The compact was drafted to prevent disagreements and or differences of opinion around Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier.</span>
