The first written constitution in America was the?

Mayflower Compact

Act of Toleration

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The first written constitution in America was the?
The Maryland Toleration Act was passed in 1649 but isn't a constitution, while the Act of Toleration was written in England in 1689, not at all a constitution but a promise not to prosecute protestent dissenters (those protestant faiths not affiliated with the Church of England).



The Mayflower Compact was adopted in 1620. It is a governing document, similar to a constitution and it may be your correct answer, although I rarely hear the Mayflower Compact called the first written constitution in the America.



The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are, however, considered a forerunning Constitution, and because of this, Connecticut is officially nicknamed the "Constitution State". This governing charter doctrine was adopted in 1638, the King was so displeased with it that he had the royal governor seize it. However, the colonists hid it from him in the hollow of an old oak tree in Hartford (the "Charter Oak").



Depending on one's definition of a constitution, the answer you may be looking for is the Mayflower Compact, or, more likely, the Fundamental Orders, which ARE considered (disputedly) the oldest constitution in America.
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Reply:Mayflower Compact 1620, first colonial agreement that formed a government by the consent of the governed.