In the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims promise “all due submission and obedience” primarily to show that they will follow the colony’s rule. This commitment is part of their agreement to create a civil body politic and establish laws for the general good of the colony, indicating their intention to maintain order and governance within their new settlement.
The Mayflower Compact In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James...Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith…a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do…solemnly and mutually…covenant [agree] and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick, for our better ordering and preservation…and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute [establish], and frame such just and equal laws…and offices… as shall be thought most meet [suitable] and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names…Anno Dom. 1620. Question Use the excerpt to answer the question In the Mayflower Compact, why do the Pilgrims promise “all due submission and obedience”? (1 point) Responses to show that they will remain servants of God to show that they will remain servants of God to show that they will follow the colony’s rule to show that they will follow the colony’s rule to show that they will elect a colonial leader to show that they will elect a colonial leader to show that they will follow the king of England to show that they will follow the king of England Skip to navigation
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