The Mayflower Compact was the governing document the Pilgrims used to establish the Plymouth Colony which was in Massachusetts. Jamestown was in Virginia and was not settled by the "Pilgrims." It was settled by a group of entrpreneurs known as the Virginia Company to make money, not a group in search of religious freedom like the Pilgrims/Puritans.
The first written document that provided self government for the pilgrims was The Mayflower Compact.
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The document that was written by the Pilgrims for their new colony was the Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact. (the name came from the name of the ship the Pilgrims had arrived. )
The Mayflower Compact established direct democracy in New England. It was signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 and outlined an agreement for self-government based on the consent of the governed.
It established rules that all of the Pilgrims had to follow.
It established rules that all of the Pilgrims had to follow.
The Pilgrims' written plan of government for their colony is called the Mayflower Compact. Signed in 1620 by the male passengers of the Mayflower, it established a framework for self-governance and a social contract among the settlers. This document is significant as it represents one of the earliest forms of democratic government in America.
The document created and signed in November of 1620 by the Pilgrims is known as the Mayflower Compact. This agreement established a framework for self-government and mutual cooperation among the settlers as they settled in the New World. It was significant because it laid the foundation for democratic governance in America by emphasizing the importance of the consent of the governed.
The document written by the pilgrims to ensure government by the consent of the people was called the Mayflower Compact. The agreement was designed to ensure peace between the two groups coming to the New World.
The Mayflower compact
the declarstion on indapendents