What was the Mayflower Compact and what is its significance in American history? The Mayflower was a ship headed for the Virginia colony but due to natural events that occurred‚ it was blown off course too far north. It landed in Provincetown Massachusetts. London Company authorized the voyage of the Mayflower but didn’t give permission for them to settle that far north. The settlers signed a compact‚ The Mayflower Compact‚ which would be governed by majority rule. When they arrived in Massachusetts
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The Mayflower Compact had great significance to American history. The compact kept peace for the people of Plymouth and set limits to the pilgrims. The signing was a historic event and was depicted in writings and pictures. The Mayflower Compact was an extremely important part of American history. There were many pictures and writings that depict the signing of the Mayflower Compact and how important it was to the Pilgrims. In the picture by Allyn Cox‚ the Pilgrims are gathered inside the Mayflower
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What was the Mayflower Compact and what is its significance in American History? The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11‚ 1620. It was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The Mayflower‚ however‚ was a small ship that set sail from England in July 1620. It had to turn back twice because of a leak that the Speedwell‚ a ship the Mayflower was sailing with‚ produced. After more than two months‚ the Mayflower finally arrived in Cape Cod
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Kailyn Barratt APUSH September 27‚ 2012 The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact is a written document signed on November 11‚ 1620 by all 41 men of the Mayflower. It was named after the ship that sailed all 102 passengers to Cape Cod. The signing and creation of the Mayflower Compact was the beginning of the pilgrim’s settlement in the New World. The Mayflower Compact was an important part of American history because it was the first governing document in America and it helped maintain
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The Mayflower. These colonists promised to send lumbers‚ furs‚ and fish back to the Weston for seven years. After these seven years‚ they would own the tract. The leaders of the expedition and half the members were Separatist Puritans that had withdrawn from the Church of England. In November of 1620‚ this ship landed at Plymouth bay in present-day Massachusetts. They had no legal right to be there‚ thus the leaders had all the adult males in the group sign a document known as the Mayflower Compact
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AP US History 1-04 essay The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the very first American self-governing document written and adopted by approximately 40 pilgrims who had just arrived in what is now known as Provincetown near Cape Cod. The Compact was created by the pilgrims that were aboard the Mayflower‚ a ship carrying pilgrims searching for religious freedom‚ from various European countries across the Atlantic Ocean. The pilgrims landed in territory that had not been charted by the
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A.P. United States History Virtual Historical Documents Museum DOCUMENT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET |1. |Title of Document: Mayflower Compact | |2. |Link to Document: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=143 | |3. |Type of Document (highlight type that applies):
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9/12/12 AP US History – Homework The Mayflower Compact 1. On the Mayflower‚ there were two groups that were comprised. There Pilgrims‚ which was only 41 of them who were called Separatists. They wanted a new life in America so they could freely practice their religion. The rest of the passengers were called “strangers‚” which included merchants‚ craftsmen‚ skilled workers and indentured servants. The Pilgrims and the “strangers” were different because the Pilgrims went to America for
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THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT The Pilgrims came to the New World seeking a refuge from Holland. They then obtained grants for land originally for land in northern part of Virginia and began their 3.000 mile journey toward the New World. They had landed on a coast of Massachusetts‚ which they had named Plymouth Plantation. The Mayflower Compact was drawn out by the Pilgrims in 1620. The Pilgrims knew the only way a new settlement would work is if they had a strong government. It was a "Civil Body Politick"
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1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66
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