John Carver Following The Mayflower Compact

The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans, and a small group of Puritans, called Separatist, sailed to Plymouth on the May Flower in 1620. Next, John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay in 1630. Nonetheless, all of this didn’t come easy to them. In the winter of 1620 – 1621, only forty – four Plymouth pilgrims survived out of 102. The Massachusetts Bay was not a democracy because Winthrop believed common people couldn’t rule. Also, people who challenged the church

In the fall of 1620, nearly 100 religious separatists known as Pilgrims left England to settle an American colony free from the constraints of the Anglican Church of England. The group had received a patent from the King of England to settle near the mouth of the Hudson River in New York. Due to storms during the voyage, they landed further north, near Plymouth Massachusetts, in November 1620. They agreed to settle in Massachusetts and apply for a new patent from the King. While the Pilgrims waited on the new patent, they needed a new structure to maintain order and establish a civil society. Therefore, all of the male Pilgrims developed the Mayflower Compact, to provide a basic governance structure. In this short document, there is a key passages with foundational ideas which were important to the survival of the Plymouth colony, and shaped the future democratic governance structures of America.

The government in Massachusetts began with the Mayflower Compact, an agreement signed by the Pilgrims pledging that they would set up a theocracy, a political system headed by the clergy. In the compact, they also pledged loyalty to support and follow England. Seven years later, the Massachusetts Bay Company, under John Winthrope, coming for economic and religious reasons, set up a general court. This type of government started with 18 elected freemen, or white, male, wealthy, land-owning puritans. This government had many problems. The fact that only 18 people were representing the mass of colonists in Massachusetts caused misrepresentation of the majority of the colony. The elected freemen made decisions that looked to their own interests rather than to the good of the colony. Also, this general court only met four times a year, which is far too little to get any important, every day decisions made.

He helped organize an expedition of about 100 “Pilgrims” to the New World in 1620. They made up about half the passengers on the Mayflower. Aboard ship, Bradford was one of the framers of the historic Mayflower Compact, an agreement for voluntary civil cooperation that became the foundation of the Plymouth government. The following year he was unanimously chosen as governor of the New World settlement and was re-elected 30 times, serving all but five years until

The Causes were that the Mayflower's migrated from England because of religious persecution. They were looking for religious freedom, so they created a self government called the Mayflower Compact. About 41 English colonist signed it but a week later the original paper was lost. Luckily William Bradford remembered who signed it and exactly where they were.

The creation the Mayflower compact was a very significant event in the history of the United States because of its example of a the first type of government in North America. The Mayflower Compact was draw up by a group of people known as Pilgrims in 1620. These people, mostly English, were in search of more religious freedom and better lives in the New World. 100 pilgrims began this journey in September of 1620 (History.com staff). Before, landing in New England, the Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact. This legal document created “just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices” (History.com staff). This was the first example of a self-government in the New World. The founding fathers would later use many of the ideas in the Mayflower Compact in other governing documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Through these examples, it is clear that the Mayflower Compact is significant to American history because it provided many ideas of self government that are still used in our governing documents today.

Religion plays a major part in many societies, especially the first 13 colonies. Some colonies were even settled solely to have freedom of religion and escape from religious persecution. Massachusetts was one example, as the Puritans first went to Plymouth in 1620 seeking religious freedom. In terms of the New England colonies overall, they remained Puritan. The idea of religious toleration was restricted to only the Puritan religion. A goal of theirs was to establish a “city on a hill”, which they succeeded at by having an atmosphere of “watchfulness” and helping each other. John Winthrop, a Puritan, served as the first Massachusetts Bay Colony governor. Anyone who did not follow this religion were known as

This colony was quite different from Virginia. In Plymouth, everyone was each others backbone, meaning everyone helped each other out. Whether it was crops or building etc. Everybody was entitled to religious freedom, their rights. One difference though is that Bradford was more caring of his people and he remained there the rest of his life.

William Bradford- was an English leader in the Plymouth Colony. He was also a signatory of the Mayflower Compact.

At the start of the film After the Mayflower: We Shall Remain, the English and the Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving together in 1621. Both groups of people seemed trusting of each other and showed personal respect. At this time the Wampanoag Indians had the power and chose to use it to form a treaty with the weak English Pilgrims. The two groups shared everything and traded their assets with each other. As the film continued there was an obvious change in power to the English with more and more Puritan immigrants from Europe arriving. By the end of the movie the English decided to use their power to control all lands instead of keeping the treaty with the native people. The English “thanksgiving” at

William had his viewpoints on religious freedom for the colonists. Therefore, colonists were able to have their own beliefs and thoughts without having to be judged. The Plymouth colony was shaped out of lower class people and ministers. Because of this, Plymouth could prosper and be an improvement over Jamestown because the lower class would be doing the work at the farms and as indentured servants. William Bradford was able to have his colony well equipped to deal with environmental struggles and the colonists were able to survive because they would work in groups to have each others

WIlliam Bradford is the author of the Plymouth Plantation. In the texted it states “These troubles being blown over, and now all being compact together in one ship, they put to sea again with a prosperous wind, which continued divers days together, which was some encouragement unto them; yet, according

He arrived at Plymouth from the Mayflower. While on the Mayflower he signed the Mayflower Compact. This was one of the first steps into his leadership of the Pilgrim people. William Bradford was the Plymouth Governor for almost thirty years. He was very important in leading the Pilgrim people and helping them to survive that harsh first winter.

ii) John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he helped

ust from the first words given in this document (William Bradford), I know that he was the governor of the Plymouth Colony. I remember this because he was chosen thirty times! The justification Bradford provides in the document for the formation of government is when he states that they will be ‘a civil body politic’. This means that they would be under an organized government in the New World. He says that they will together in the presence of God and to each other. He also states that they will be equality in the laws so that they fit to the people’s needs and involve little trouble to the colony. The final justification Bradford adds is the last sentence; it states that those who sign have done has been witnessed and that they will follow