EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Mayflower Compact
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Boston Tea Party
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The Virginia House of Burgesses
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First Continental Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. Mayflower Compact 1620-The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony .
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Mayflower Compact was important because it was the first document to establish self-government in the New World. It remained active until 1691 when Plymouth Colony became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thus, the Mayflower Compact was an agreement that bound the signers to obey the government and legal system established in Plymouth Colony. The Mayflower Compact remained in effect until Plymouth Colony became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.
Detailed explanation-5: -Because they chose to remain where they landed in New England, they needed a new permission (called a patent) to settle there. On November 11, 1620, needing to maintain order and establish a civil society while they waited for this new patent, the adult male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact.