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C-How did the Mayflower Compact pave the way for self-government?

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C-How did the Mayflower Compact pave the way for self-government?

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H-Explain the historical impact of the Mayflower Compact

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H-Explain the historical impact of the Mayflower Compact

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It impacts by saying, "any laws agreed to by the majority..." 

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It impacts by saying, "any laws agreed to by the majority..." 

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"The signers pledged to obey any laws

agreed to by the majority."

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From its crude beginning in Plymouth, self-government

evolved into the town meetings of New England and larger

local governments in colonial America.

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They made voting a thing

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It was based on the way the Pilgrims governed

their church.

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The English Magna Carta, written more than 400 years

before the Mayflower Compact, established the principle of

the rule of law

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deputies were sent to represent each town at

the other General Court sessions. Not only self-rule,

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"It was based on the way the Pilgrims governed

their church."

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The Mayflower Compact had been nearly forgotten, but the powerful idea of self-government had not. 

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The Mayflower Compact had been nearly forgotten, but the powerful idea of self-government had not. 

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"Arguments began among the Strangers and Pilgrims. Clearly, a temporary government was needed."

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Now they were off the tip of Cape Cod

on November 9, 1620, with no laws to govern them. The passenger list showed that the colonists needed to create a

government.

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There was no rules so they made their own rules.

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There was no rules so they made their own rules.

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"This group of businessmen invested money to start a colony."

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The text states . "the mayflower compact continued the idea of law by the people ."It is impacted because they made there own laws and was mainly ruled by the people.

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Few objected to his one-man rule...By 1639, deputies were sent to represent each town at

the other General Court sessions. Not only self-rule, but representative government had taken root on American soil.

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The Mayflower, a British ship,

had carried 102 passengers across the Atlantic Ocean. They

had traveled 3,000 miles only to land north of their

destination.

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The signers pledged to obey any laws

agreed to by the majority...

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"self-government

evolved into the town meetings of New England and larger local governments in colonial America."

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"Each year thereafter the

"Civil Body Politic," consisting of all adult males except

indentured servants, assembled to elect the governor and a

small number of assistants..."

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Arguments began

among the “Strangers” and Pilgrims. Clearly, a temporary

government was needed.

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the mayflower a British ship carried 102 passengers across the ocean they traveled 3000 miles

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"Now they were off the tip of Cape Cod

on November 9, 1620, with no laws to govern them... The signers pledged to obey any laws

agreed to by the majority." This means that they had the first sort of democracy in the Americas, not royalty.

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the mayflower a ship that carries 102 passengers across the ocean they traveled about 3000 miles

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"self-government

evolved into the town meetings of New England and larger local governments in colonial America."