FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
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Plymouth settlers, settled in Massachusetts, and governed themselves?
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plymouth, Massachusetts, (population 492, 066) was founded in 1620 by English settlers known as Separatists, who had fled England to establish a Utopian community where they could practice their religion freely.
Detailed explanation-3: -The group signed the contract on board the Mayflower on November 11, 1620. The compact is one of the first examples of a colony self-governing itself and is considered by some historians to be the beginning of American democracy.
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