M-SS-6US-M1-CBT-2020-2021 Question: 1-13
The excerpt below is from the Mayflower Compact (1620).
[We] do ... covenant (agree) and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for our
better ordering ... and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal
laws... as shall be thought most ... convenient for the general good of the colony; unto
which we promise all due submission and obedience.
How did this document contribute to the growth of constitutional government in the English colonies?
It gave all adult male residents the right to elect representatives to a colonial assembly.
O It recognized the right of each colonist to worship God in his or her own way.
O It stated the importance of forming a government and agreeing to obey its rules.
It declared the independence of the new colony from British rule.