The compact pledged their loyalty to England and declared their intention of forming a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation
The Mayflower Compact was written by the men oif the Mayflower, and it first brought the idea of a democratic and representative government to the colonies.
The Mayflower Compact
they helped establish government
The compact pledged their loyalty to England and declared their intention of forming a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation
promoted self government.
Because they were forms of government
they helped establish government
the first American government document to be signed in 1620 was the Mayflower compact!
It gave the colonists a system of societal rules to live by.
The Mayflower Compact is important because of its principle, that a government's authority derives from the consent of the governed. The signers of the Compact stated that the pilgrims had to work together in order to survive in the new world
The Mayflower Compact is important because of its principle, that a government's authority derives from the consent of the governed. The signers of the Compact stated that the pilgrims had to work together in order to survive in the new world
Democratic authority was established by the Mayflower Compact.