THe Mayflower Compacts signifigance

The Mayflower Compact was the principle ideal of the Pilgrims and was also the government set type for them and future generations. The Compact was written on the ship named Mayflower, hence the name Mayflower Compact, and all of the people aboard were bound to it. Furthermore, it was only the second government system to be established by the Europeans in North America, with only Jamestown being established beforehand. As a result of this, the Mayflower Compact has a big significance in American History, because it established a government where religion was not a central factor in it. The painting, which was painted in the early 20th century by American artist Allyn Cox, accurately represents the American point of view of the signing of the Mayflower Compact and the events thereafter. The central part of the painting is the actual signing of the Compact in one of the ships rooms; it was signed by the leaders of the colonists aboard the ship. On the left of that image it shows a Wampanoag Indian holding a bow. Evidently he was part of the Wampanoag tribe who supplied the Pilgrims with corn and other Indian foods and supplies which enabled the Pilgrims to last through the winter. After the winter, the Pilgrims became self-sufficient and didn’t rely on the Wampanoags anymore. The author depicts an American point of view in his painting, as shown by his placement of the signing of the Compact in the central figure, which was the most important part of the series of events according to the Americans. Had the painting shown an Indian point of view, it would have placed the image of the Indians supplying the Pilgrims with food as the central figure. The events in the painting take place in 1620, and the people aboard the ship are religious refugees fleeing from protestant England. They wanted to found a Calvinist colony where they would not be persecuted for following their religion. In addition, when the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth and afterward survived the