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What was the Mayflower Compact and why was it significant?
A treaty with the Powhatan people.
A document declaring independence from England.
A religious manifesto.
An agreement for self-government in Plymouth Colony.
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An agreement for self-government in Plymouth Colony.
It was a compact signed aboard the Mayflower in 1620 by the Pilgrims to form a “civil body politic” and obey laws made by the community — significant as an early written framework of self-government and majority rule in English North America.
It was a compact signed aboard the Mayflower in 1620 by the Pilgrims to form a “civil body politic” and obey laws made by the community — significant as an early written framework of self-government and majority rule in English North America.
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