SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
MAYFLOWER COMPACT DEFINITION SUMMARY HISTORY
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Question
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The Mayflower Compact foreshadows the U.S. Constitution in which of the following ways
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It places the source of government power in the people rather than in God or a King.
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It ensures both the right to free speech and the separation of church and state
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it establishes three branches of government in order to create a system of checks and balances.
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It grants equal rights to all residents regardless of race or gender.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Knowing life without laws could prove catastrophic, colonist leaders created the Mayflower Compact to ensure a functioning social structure would prevail.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was the Mayflower Compact written? it allowed colonists to help make their own laws instead of following England’s.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following correctly describes the attitude of most English settlers toward the Indians and their way of life? they assumed the Indians to be their inferiors and showed little respect for Indian society.
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