USA HISTORY

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. When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in 1620, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Self-Government Takes Root Immediately after agreeing to the Mayflower Compact, the signers elected John Carver (one of the Pilgrim leaders) as governor of their colony. They called it Plymouth Plantation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The idea of self-government was born in ancient Greece as a part of democracy and has influenced countries throughout history. Self-government was created in the capital city of Athens and then spread throughout the Greek Empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -The core of the group who later were to be referred to as “Pilgrims” was brought together around 1605 when they quit the Church of England to form Separatist congregations in Nottinghamshire, England, led by John Robinson, Richard Clyfton, and John Smyth.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mayflower Compact-once called the “Plymouth Combination”-is the first constitution known to have been written in the New World. Drafted aboard the Mayflower before the Pilgrims from Holland and their fellow travelers landed in North America, it was signed on November 11, 1620, by the 41 men on the ship.