USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

MAYFLOWER COMPACT DEFINITION SUMMARY HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name agreement which bonded Pilgrims together?
A
Mayflower Compact
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Napoleonic Code
D
US Constitution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony . It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, consisting of Separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Signed on November 21, 1620 (November 11, Old Style), the Mayflower Compact was an agreement that joined the people onboard the Mayflower – the ship that carried the colonists who first settled Plymouth, Massachusetts – in a single self-governing community.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 1620 agreement (first called the Mayflower Compact in 1793) was a legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Who Wrote the Mayflower Compact? It’s unclear who wrote the Mayflower Compact, but the well-educated Separatist and pastor William Brewster is usually given credit. One now-famous colonist who signed the Mayflower Compact was Myles Standish.

Detailed explanation-5: -The signers of the Mayflower Compact promised ‘’submission and obedience” to the civil government they had just created. In 1620, as they arrived on the shores of North America, the Pilgrims covenanted themselves with God and formed a civil society.

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