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The Mayflower Compact protected the Pilgrims' rights. Because they landed outside the limits of the Virginia Company, their charter did not apply. For the sake of order the men aboard the Mayflower signed an agreement. In it they vowed to obey laws agreed upon for the good of the colony. The Mayflower Compact helped establish the idea of self-government and majority rule.

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