Friday, February 3, 2012

Can anyone help?

i need help umm can anyone summrize the mayflower com[pact in their own words. i need an example because i have to write it in my own words what it means.

Can anyone help?
The Mayflower Compact was initiated to create one Civil Body Politic to establish laws and ordinances that all of the settlers could live by. It was used to define the role of people and government in the colony. The compact helped show that the colony was initially formed for religious reasons. The reason it is so short and the laws are not in-depth is the settlers were still on the Mayflower when it was written and were not sure of how things would go with the settlement of the colony.



Anyway. This would be my summary.



The men who had authority on the Mayflower describe that they are loyal subjects of King James and God. They go on to explain that they are creating the first colony in northern Virginia and that they plan to develop a "Civil Body Politik" for their continuance and peace. Enacted were laws that were for the overall good of all of the settlers. The Mayflower compact ends with then men who oversaw the writing endorsing the document and listing the countries from which they have come.


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