the first set of rules and laws established by the Pilgrims
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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, written in 1620, offered fair and equal laws for the good of the settlement, and will of the majority.
democratic self-government
The Mayflower Compact represents one of the first attempts at self-government in the English Colonies.
A democratic idea in the Mayflower Compact was the idea of mutual regard for one another as equals. Another was the goal of establishing laws that were equal and just.