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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to the establishment of documents and organizations that established self-government. The Mayflower Compact‚ The Virginia House of Burgesses‚ and The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut led to the foundation of self-government in the New World. The Mayflower Compact was written and signed on November 11‚ 1620 by the 41 male settlers (more commonly known as The Pilgrims) of Plymouth. Their ship‚ The Mayflower was blown off course on the way to Virginia and they ended up in Plymouth‚ Massachusetts.
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The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11‚1620.The Mayflower carried not only the Pilgrims but a few other settlers as well. When it arrived at Cape Cod‚ several hundred miles north of its planned destination in Virginia owing to storms at sea‚ the passengers realized they were outside the bounds of the governmental authority they had contracted with in England.William Bradford‚ the Pilgrim leader‚ was alarmed to learn that some of the others felt no obligation to respect the rules of the Pilgrims
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The introduction…………….….………………..……….2 The Mayflower Compact………...………....……3 The Voyage on the Mayflower..….…….….4 The Plymouth Colony…..……...…………..………5 The Conclusion…………………..……………………..……6 1 Introduction The pilgrims started out in England. Due to the religions in England‚ the pilgrims moved to the Netherlands to follow their own religions. ‘‘In September 1620‚ a merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth‚ a port on the southern coast
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Leiden in Holland before deciding in 1617 to emigrate to the New World. On 16 September 1620‚ having secured an essential patent from the London Company‚ 102 passengers began their historic sixty-five-day voyage aboard a single ship‚ the 180-ton Mayflower. They were headed for Virginia but got blown off course and instead decided to found their colony in Cape Cod in what would become the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They called the colony Plymouth after the harbor in England from which they departed
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When they made it to America they found "nothing‚" like no life‚ no civilization‚ and no animals‚ just flatland. They then signed "the Mayflower Compact‚" which stated that all will abide by the rules they assigned to them. It was signed by all the males‚ the females were not allowed to participate in anything that had to do with the government. The Mayflower Compact was signed on November twenty-first‚ 1620. They explored and found nothing until what is called "the first encounter beach‚" where their
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In 1620‚ they built a ship and called it the Mayflower‚ after this they finally set sail on their exploration. After their voyage‚ the Pilgrims found themselves in southern Massachusetts. After they settled in Massachusetts‚ they discovered they were outside the jurisdiction of the company; this concerned the new Pilgrims because might cause many problems among their colony. To resolve this problem‚ the leaders signed the Mayflower Compact‚ this agreement established a civil government under the
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1.Why did Bradford leave England‚ eventually coming to America? 2.Why did Bradford leave England‚ eventually coming to America Engage your background knowledge: Hundreds of years later‚ immigrants still come to America. How do Bradford’s reasons compare to those of modern immigrants? Remember‚ not all immigrants come here for the same reason. 3.Did you know before reading this article that many of the immigrants and explorers were young - under 25 years old? Some were even teenagers. How old was
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Literary works The front page of the Bradford journal William Bradford’s most well-known work by far is Of Plymouth Plantation. It was a detailed history in manuscript form about the founding of the Plymouth colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1646.[46] It is a common misconception that the manuscript was actually Bradford’s journal. Rather‚ it was a retrospective account of his recollections and observations‚ written in the form of two books. The first book was written in
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American history. One influential individual is William Bradford. He has made marks in history such as his involvement with the separatist’s‚ his voyage on the Mayflower‚ and becoming the governor of the Plymouth colony. Bradford lived a successful life and was a leader starting from a very young age. William Bradford always questioned the majority and made decisions based on his own beliefs and what he felt was best for the people he cared for. William Bradford was an English separatist born in 1590 in
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