the English.
On the Mayflower, the 102 passengers were divided into two groups, the pilgrims and the strangers (everyone besides the pilgrims). The strangers were the majority group.
The Strangers
The "Strangers"!
majority rule of the group
By now, the entire group who came on the Mayflower has been called "the Pilgrims," however only around thirty of the group were leaving England for religious reasons, so the actual pilgrims were not in the majority.
majority rule of the group
all the men that were aboard the mayflower signed the mayflower compact(:
In it people agreed to be bound by the will of the majority
these laws will be decided by the majority rule of the group
These laws would be decided by the majority rule if this group.
in it the people agreed to be boundby the will of the majority
The "Mayflower" was mostly made of wood.