Question
Read the excerpt, then answer the question.
[We] combine ourselves together into a civil Body . . . for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . [to] frame such just and equal Laws . . . for the general Good of the Colony.
–Mayflower Compact
Which statement best describes this part of the Mayflower Compact?
It gave women and American Indians equal rights.
It organized all the colonies into one country.
It established the town meeting system.
It created a system of self-government.
[We] combine ourselves together into a civil Body . . . for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . [to] frame such just and equal Laws . . . for the general Good of the Colony.
–Mayflower Compact
Which statement best describes this part of the Mayflower Compact?
It gave women and American Indians equal rights.
It organized all the colonies into one country.
It established the town meeting system.
It created a system of self-government.
Answers
GPT-5 mini
It created a system of self-government.
Reason: The Mayflower Compact was an agreement by colonists to consent to laws they would make for their own government, establishing self-rule rather than being governed directly from England.
Reason: The Mayflower Compact was an agreement by colonists to consent to laws they would make for their own government, establishing self-rule rather than being governed directly from England.