Which of the Following Is True of the Mayflower Compact

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the Mayflower Compact? 

• A) It served as a draft of America's first national constitution. 
• B) It declared British colonists' independence from their home country. 
• C) It was a petition to the British Crown to remove taxation. 
• D) It was essentially a bill of rights which became the first ten amendments to the Constitution. 
• E) It was written by the Pilgrims who were a group of Protestants.

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