Mayflower Compact
The non- Separatists questioned the authority of the colony’s leaders Signed in November 1620 after Pilgrims landed outside of the Virginia Company jurisdiction Mayflower Compact
A covenant is a law or agreement made between one or more people; the Puritans’ government was not much different from their religion. Part of their covenant allowed for a governor to be elected and make the decisions for the colony Settlers elected a governor and made all the decisions for the colony
once the colony got bigger the Pilgrims created an assembly to which the male landowners elected representatives Mayflower Compact