Mayflower Compact

became the colony’s first governor. The Pilgrims arrived outside of the Virginia Company’s domain and therefore had no specific authority. In order to prevent chaos in the colony, Pilgrim leaders wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact before leaving the ship. The Mayflower Compact was an agreement to form a simple government in which all of the men had a part in deciding laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices that would benefit the colony (3A2). Religious leaders…

opposed to the Jamestowne colony, the Plymouth colony developed a list of rules and rights beforelanding which would dictate how the colony would be set up and run. This set of rules and right, where named by the colonists the "Mayflower Compact." With the Mayflower Compact in place, Plymouth was able to stay organized and had few governing problems. Furthermore, Plymouth had much better relations with the local Indian tribes. Instead of…

Theoretically then when the covenant between the king and the colonies were broken the colonies became free and independent states. This returned the colonies to a state of nature. Unfortunately in a state of nature, natural rights aren’t secure from the invasion from others. The Founders thus had to draw upon history to design their republican structure. In theory, the correction of these ills was worked out through ancient tradition and customs. To solidify these English customs Americans…

Long before any blood was shed in the Revolution, Americans were establishing ideas in their minds concerning breaking away from the British Empire. As early as 1774, the Colonists met in the First Continental Congress in response to the British taxation and limitation of Colonial Representative Government. As stated by Benjamin Franklin in his draft of a resolution for the congress, “there is a manifest defect in the constitution of the British Empire in respect to the government of the…

Economics Up to 1775* Mercantilism is an economic theory and practice that promoted governmental regulations of a nation’s economy. Mercantilism is the economic policy aimed at accumulating monetary reserves through a positive balance of trade, particularly of finished goods. High tariffs, mainly on manufactured goods are a universal feature of mercantilist policy. There was much emphasis on money was succeeded by industrial policy. Mercantilism encouraged many European wars as well fueling…

The British government had a great strength and say over what occurred in the New World colonies, and the English colonists that were inhabiting the land followed the king’s orders. However, the British salutary neglect policy provided the people with more freedom to create leaderships and laws within their colonies and allowed them to follow their beliefs as they pleased, without the fear of persecution. Therefore, with the British government loosely ruling the New World, the colonies began to…

I am interested in going to Badger Girls State because this would be an amazing once in a lifetime opportunity and a privilege for me. My ancestors have always been involved in politics, from signing the Mayflower Compact, being written about in George Washington’s letters, fighting for women’s suffrage, and even now, voting, and voicing their opinions in the elections. I not only grew up learning about politics, but want to pursue a career as a political science teacher. I don’t believe my…

Puritans The Puritans were a group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed. Puritans also thought them going to the new land was a gift and they wanted to do things their way. the puritans were ready to take control of the colonies and take their ideologies with them , convince the puritans to establish a place through consistent…

colonies were rapidly developing and people flocked to this new nation for the freedoms they could not find in their home country. Before the first settlers arrived in the new land they signed the first document of this new nation known as the “Mayflower Compact”, they stated that they would have fair laws and freedoms they could not find in England. Documents such as “The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut” and “Magna Carta” impacted the growth of democracy greatly. They limited the power from…

Catholic Church after the Reformation. Although both of these groups originated from the same place, they had many differences between them. The main difference was the time they arrived in America. Robert Browne led the Pilgrims in 1620 on the Mayflower. Since they had endured such a rough voyage, they were fewer in…