USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While the Mayflower Compact1 (signed in 1620) established a government for the Plymouth Colony, they still considered themselves loyal subjects of King James I and made that very clear in the text. The first words of the Mayflower Compact confirm the Pilgrims’ loyalty to the king: In the name of God, Amen.

Detailed explanation-2: -It declared that the colonists were loyal to the King of England, that they were Christians who served God, that they would make fair and just laws, and that they would work together for the good of the Colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles II was born in London in 1630. Under his grandfather, King James I, and his father, King Charles I, England had seen a growing amount of religious discontent between the people and the church. This led to the Pilgrims and Puritans leaving for the New World in 1620 and 1631 respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like others who refused to follow the Church of England’s teachings, some of them were harassed, fined or even sent to jail. When they felt they could no longer suffer these difficulties in England, they chose to flee to the Dutch Netherlands.