well,it was b/c it was a step towards forming self govengment government. ^o^
well,it was b/c it was a step towards forming self govengment government. ^o^
well,it was b/c it was a step towards forming self govengment government. ^o^
The Mayflower Compact was the first form of constitution in the Colonies. This document displayed many of the elements of the Magna Carta, and had a huge influence on the writing of our Constitution.
Because it is a step towards a self-governing government.
The Mayflower Compact is an important piece of American History because it was a step towards self-government in America. The Mayflower Compact stated that the adult males who would settle at Plymouth, not including servants, would have the right to vote on issues. The adult male settlers would gather at town-meetings and would make their own laws through open discussion. This was the first democratic government established in the colonies. The Mayflower Compact stood as a blueprint for other groups who came to settle the Americas. The Mayflower Compact is an extraordinarily important piece of American history because it was the first known document that provided self-government in the Americas.
It was the first document to establish a government that ruled with the consent of the governed.
Of the 102 passengers aboard, only about 52 of them were actually "pilgrims" from Leiden who were leaving to the New World in hopes of religious freedom. The other half consisted of passengers of varying beliefs and ethics. It was decided that the signing of the Mayflower Compact would ease tensions and help colonists work together. One of the most important provisions of the Mayflower Compact was that a governor would be democratically elected, unlike the way it was done in either England's monarchy or Leiden's church congregation. Although it was brief and rather unconventional, the democratic nature of the document combined with the fact that it was the first such document signed in America makes the Mayflower Compact one of the important documents in U.S. history. It is sometimes compared to the Declaration of Independence and considered one of its inspirations.
The Mayflower Compact was a document written in 1620 that set up the government of Plymouth Colony. Essentially, the Compact stated that the colonists would establish laws for the good of all of them, and everyone there would abide by the laws.
It was a step toward self-government in the English colonies.
The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 male passengers of The Mayflower on the llth of November, 1620.
Both the Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact are associated with the founding of Plymouth Colony in 1620. The Pilgrims were the group of English Separatists who settled in Plymouth, and the Mayflower Compact was the agreement they created to establish a form of self-government for their colony. Both are significant in American history as early examples of democratic principles being put into practice.
The compact was written by the pilgrims saying that they were creating self government