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In History / High School | 2014-11-16

Why is the Mayflower Compact important?

Asked by ChantelleLaigo

Answer (3)

The Mayflower Compact was important because it established rules and regulations and ways of life for the pilgrims that arrived in the Mayflower. Without it, there lives would have been very different and cluttered and confusing since no one would have known how to live the same way.

Answered by ohona | 2024-06-10

The MayFlower Compact
The compact is that on 16th September, 1620, the Mayflower which was a British ship with 102 passengers who screamed wanderers. Mayflower compact is very important that it is explained as it was the government in the areas.
This government was the one which becomes first popular to be established. The people who lived in colonies accord to make their rules and to choose their leaders.

Answered by saadhussain514 | 2024-06-11

The Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620 by Pilgrim passengers, is crucial as it established a framework for self-government in America. It emphasized the rule of law and the consent of the governed, which influenced future democratic principles. The Compact laid the groundwork for cooperation and majority rule among the early settlers.
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Answered by saadhussain514 | 2024-09-20