The MayFlower Compact!
The MayFlower and MayFlower Compact was important to a lot of people.The MayFlower brought not only pilgrims but many settlers to Massachusetts's. In 1620 Pilgrim leaders a boarded the MayFlower and wrote and signed the MayFlower Compact.
When the MayFlower arrived at CapeCod ,several hundred miles North of its destination in virginia owning to storms at sea, The passengers realized they were outside the bounds of the governmental authority they had contracted with England.
When the MayFlower arrived at CapeCod ,several hundred miles North of its destination in virginia owning to storms at sea, The passengers realized they were outside the bounds of the governmental authority they had contracted with England.
The compact remained in effect until plymouth was incorporated into the short lived dominion of New England in 1866 and absorbed the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. The MayFlower Compact is important to us because the mayflower compact showed the constitution that they had to provide for the common good of people. the MayFlower is also important because it helps buy and keep laws in the land.
What is the Mayflower Compact??
The Mayflower Compact is a written agreement written by a idea or an opinion of new Settlers arriving at New Plymouth in November of 1620. They'd traveled across the ocean on the ship Mayflower. The Mayflower Compact was drawn up with fair and equal laws, for the general good of there settlements and with the will of the majority of the people.