Nathaniel Shilbrick The Mayflower

The Mayflower Compact was the first document creating a crude agreement for self-government in America and has been referred to

The Mayflower Compact is written to“constitute and frame” the government for the Pilgrims, and the Mayflower Compact contains and applies to law, ordinances, and acts that are meant to be followed by each of the Pilgrims living in northern Virginia. This document exemplifies how the first body of government in North America came to be, and the first laws, ordinances, etc. that were instituted, and it represents how the Mayflower Compact was a basis, and an influence on today’s government.

Mayflower Compact-signed before leaving the ship, the Mayflower Compact wad the first form of self government within the colonies. It was not a constitution but an agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon. The compact would set a precedent for future constitutions

The first Americans came from Asia, beginning as early as thirty thousand years ago, over a land bridge that formed at the Bering Strait during the Ice Age. The new immigrants were hunters and gatherers, and over a period of fifteen thousand years various groups spread over the American continents. By the time of the European “discovery” of the New World, there were perhaps as many as 100 million native Americans, the vast majority living in Central and South America.

The effects of the Mayflower compact is that it worked as a model for future self-government

The Mayflower Compact, marked by 41 English settlers on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the primary composed system of government built up in what is currently the United States. The smaller was drafted to forestall contradict among Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had arrived at Plymouth a couple of days

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.

The Mayflower Compact, written and signed in 1620 by forty-one white men aboard a ship called the Mayflower, provided basic laws for those who first arrived in America. Eventually the thirteen colonies expanded, which brought an economical benefit and expanded trade for Britain. However, in the mid-1700s, Britain pushed the colonists to their limits, imposing them with unfair taxes. As a result, in 1775, colonists revolted in the American Revolution. When the war ended, colonists gained their freedom, from Britain, with the signing of The Treaty of Paris (1783).

Its type being that it was a self-governing document. The most important effect the Mayflower Compact has had on America is that it was the first known document that was an example of a self-governing system in the history of America. This is significant because later this document would be an inspiration to the men who wrote the U.S constitution. Many historians consider the Mayflower Compact as a precursor to the U.S constitution. The Mayflower Compact was one of the first examples of independence in colonial America. That independence is now what sets the U.S apart from many other countries. It was also the first time English settlers would not be directly under the control of the English law. Thus, in time where religion was regulated, the Mayflower Compact was also setting a new precedent of freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is now one of the most important aspects of the American freedom. (“Mayflower

In reality, if it were not for the Native Americans, the Pilgrims would have been wiped out in a short period of time. The first relationship dealt with economics. In the Pilgrims first winter, many died from disease and starvation because they had no idea about how bad the winters are in New England. They didn’t understand how to grow crops successfully until the Native Americans helped them out, resulting in less death from starvation. Since the Pilgrims were in need of food fast in order to survive, they would have no choice but to steal corn from the group called the Nausets. “The snow made it difficult to find the corn, but eventually they located 10 catches of it.” They educated the Pilgrims about some of their practices such as how to build warm and protected shelters. But in a short period of time this ended up hurting the Native Americans. There was a native man by the name of Squanto who did not mind helping out the Pilgrims at all. Squanto showed the Pilgrims everything he knew about building crops, fishing, building shelters and basically how to survive. Squanto was a very talented eel fisherman and he provided eels to the Pilgrims so that they would have something to eat. “That night the Pilgrims at the eels with relish, praising them…” He also explained to the Pilgrims that if you plant fish in the soil next to your crops, the soil will get richer and the plants will grow better. Even though the Native Americans

The Mayflower Compact, being the first governing document in the New World, was based on good intentions. William Bradford justifies the Mayflower Compact for the good of the colony and religion. The Mayflower Compact was wrote to combine the people together in the colony. It was to help the colony religiously advance, and to show honor to the King of England by its togetherness. They Mayflower Compact was created for equality in law and in Government. The Mayflower Compact is exactly like a Declaration of Independence for the Colonists. The Mayflower Compact set the outline for the Government in the Virginia colony. This is an example of indepedence because the colonists were self-governing. The colonists were separated from England.

The Mayflower Compact caused settlers to further promise to abide by the laws that were created to benefit the people and the general good of the colony. The Mayflower Compact was the written document in which the settlers wrote their own laws and restrictions and chose officials and authority figures. The Mayflower Compact set a precedent for future generations because, even now, Americans abide by the laws that are on a written document, which includes

One of the main reasons to establish the Mayflower Compact was governing laws for and by the people. The Compact created the idea of a social contract . A social contract is authorized to follow the compact's rules and regulations for the sake of order and survival. “Civil Body Politic” purpose was to set equal law for the pilgrims and stranger on the Mayflower ship.

The Mayflower contributed to a democratic society in the colonies by expressing equality and seriousness about the civil body politic. To begin, the colony claimed they will express equality. The Mayflower Compact states ". . . by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws . . . ".

The Mayflower Compact was a very important document that had given laws to govern the Pilgrims. Without this document there would be no laws, but it was more important then just laws. It would show church members how to serve God and elect church officers. It also had drafted that John Craver will be the govener of the newly established colony. The most important part of the Mayflower Compact was it emphisized there faith in God and his guidance, and all should be equal in Gods eyes. This document is considerd very important and valueable because it had some Democratic