The Mayflower Compact Was an Agreement Among the People on Board

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Mayflower Compact was an agreement among the people on board the Mayflower that

• A) the non-Separatists among them would return to England as soon as possible.
• B) they, the Plymouth settlers, constituted a politically organized body with the legal authority to make decisions for the colony.
• C) the Plymouth colony would be governed by a representative assembly.
• D) religious toleration would be extended to all who wished to settle in Plymouth.

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