To make laws
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
They wanted a format for government.
They needed a form of government and had to describe how that government would work.
To make laws
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
They wanted a format for government.
They needed a form of government and had to describe how that government would work.
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.
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.
No, the passengers on the mayflower were Puritans, not Quakers.
The Mayflower Compact.
The document written by the separatists was called the Mayflower Compact. It was written and signed while they were still aboard the Mayflower and was composed to be the first document that would govern the Plymouth Colony.
The fact that many of the Pilgrims could read and write is evidence of their education. Additionally, their ability to create legal documents, such as the Mayflower Compact, further supports the inference that they were educated individuals.
They needed to establish a form of government so there would be order in the new colony and so that they had some guidelines to support good values and so on.