EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Mayflower Compact
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Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
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Toleration Acts
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House of Burgess
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Detailed explanation-1: -It simply bound the signers into a “Civil Body Politic” for the purpose of passing “just and equal Laws . . . for the general good of the Colony.” But those few words expressed the idea of self-government for the first time in the New World.
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. The men also chose John Carver as Plymouth Colony’s first governor.
Detailed explanation-3: -English settlers on the Mayflower wrote the Mayflower Compact in 1620. It established principles of self-government, common consent, and unity in the colony.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.