Significance of the Mayflower Compact

Very Easy Period 2: 1607–1754 Colonial Government

In the early colonial period of America, different colonies developed their own forms of government. One of the first written frameworks of government in the colonies was the Mayflower Compact. What was significant about this document in the context of colonial governance?

It established a system of representative democracy.

It was the first written agreement to establish a self-governing colony.

It created a monarchy in the New World.

It outlined the laws of Great Britain that would govern the colonies.

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