Activity - Discuss the Mayflower Compact

Once the people aboard the Mayflower realized that the terms of their agreement applied to Virginia, and not to New England, where they were, the leaders wrote the Mayflower Compact. The document was signed on ship within sight of land. The compact stated

• that they would remain united

• make laws for the general good of the new colony

• promised to obey laws

The Mayflower Compact was a form of government for the colony.

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