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The Pilgrims had been blown off course and arrived miles north of Virginia where they were heading. To keep order, they wrote and signed a comapct agreeing to make an obey laws when they settled.

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Q: Why did William Bradford write the Mayflower Compact?
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Who was the second governor of Plymouth what book did he write?

William Bradford William Bradford; He was the primary architecht and second signer for the Mayflower Compact.


What book did the second governor of Plymouth write?

William Bradford William Bradford; He was the primary architecht and second signer for the Mayflower Compact.


Did Quakers write the Mayflower Compact?

No, the passengers on the mayflower were Puritans, not Quakers.


What did the Plymouth colonists write?

The Mayflower Compact.


What government document did the pilgrims write?

mayflower compact..


Why did the pilgrims write a mayflower compact?

To make laws


What are two facts about William Bradford?

I learned from reading the passage that William Bradford was born on a farming community in Austerfeild, Yorkshire in 1590. Another fact is that that William Bradford is the only known survivor of the Mayflower to write about Plymouth in his book Of Plymouth Plantation. Last but not least is when Bradford got sick, he predicted that he was going to die, the next day he died at the age of 68.


Why did the pilgrims write the Mayflower compact?

The pilgrims did not necessarily have to make the Mayflower Compact, but decided to make it to have some type of order in the desolate land they were entering. The Mayflower compact allowed for self government and more order.by being homosexual an being white


On what date did the pilgrims write that they signed the Mayflower Compact?

November 11 1620!


Why do you think the Pilgrims bothered to write the Mayflower Compact?

They wanted a format for government.


What document did the pilgrim leaders write which set a precendent for representative government?

the mayflower compact :)


How long did it take to write The Mayflower Compact?

The Mayflower Compact was written by Separatists fleeing England and persecution of King James. It provided the framework for the governing of the Plymouth Colony and was written and signed on board the Mayflower as it sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620.