The Mayflower Compact Learning Objective: What did the Mayflower Compact establish?

Mayflower Compact Video

What is the Mayflower Compact? a document signed by 41 male Pilgrims on November 21, 1620 in Massachusetts.

Mayflower Compact Men on Mayflower vowed to obey the laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony Helped establish the idea of self- government and majority rule Set up an organized orderly government Key step in the development of representative, democratic government

Summary questions Why do you think the Pilgrims felt it necessary to form laws before leaving the Mayflower? What did the Mayflower Compact establish? Activity: Illustrate what the signing of the Mayflower Compact or what it helped to establish