Mayflower Compact

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Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact? Options: to show that they opposed representative government., to establish an orderly community, to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony, to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

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to establish an orderly community

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When was Mayflower Compact written?

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1620

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Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact? The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “civic body politic.” The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy, The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower, None of the above.

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The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “civic body politic.”

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Which of the following is the most important reason why Pilgrims came to America? gold, trade, land, religious freedom

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religious freedom

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When did Mayflower come to America? Options: 1500, 1620, 1492, 1410

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1620

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Based on the wording of the Mayflower Compact, the document would MOST affect the new colony’s

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laws

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The Mayflower Compact is the first example in America of _____?

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democratic self-government