The Mayflower Compact was a written agreement among the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower ship in 1620 before they landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It established a form of government based on majority rule and was an important early step in the development of self-government in America.

Writs of assistance were legal documents that allowed British officials to search any building for smuggled goods without needing a specific warrant. They were used in the American colonies in the 18th century and were highly controversial as they were seen as violating individual rights to privacy.

The group was called the Pilgrims. They were separatist Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 to escape religious persecution in England and establish a colony in what is now modern-day Massachusetts.

The southern colonies had an agricultural economy, with cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo driving their prosperity. Slave labor played a significant role in the economy of the southern colonies, especially in large plantations. Trade with Europe also played a key role in the economy of the southern colonies.

In the galley

To make sure the laws that were made were followed

The Mayflower crossed the Atlantic ocean.

The men on the Mayflower had prior knowledge that a lack of government was the reason other colonies had failed. So all 41 men signed the compact to provide fair and equal laws to all. These settlers had come to America a refuges from religious intolerance and for the sake of survival, drew up the "Mayflower Compact" after arriving at in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod, Massachusetts on November 1620.

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living conditions on the mayflower were very bad .children getting sick. not enough food to eat .overcrowded bed areas . not enough water.