Why Did The Mayflower Compact

Why did the pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact? The Mayflower Compact was caused by the pilgrims wanting to practice religion freely. As a result they signed the mayflower Compact to unite into a government. The pilgrims agreed to make and abide laws. It was hard for the pilgrims to seek religious freedom. Christian in Western Europe were divided into Protestant and Roman Catholic. The Protestant and Catholics fought each other for nearly 40 years. Thousands were killed because of religious beliefs.
The pilgrims were known as Separatist, or the pilgrims are Protestant, they want to separate from the Church of England. Which makes a hard time for religious beliefs.
In order to do their religious freely the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower

-William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation
Before going ashore they thought of the boundaries, and as a result, the terms of their charter would not apply to their new colony. So in order to do that, they signed the Mayflower Compact. They pledge themselves to unite into a “civil body politic”, or government. Then the Pilgrims practice the religious freely.
They landed in Plymouth somewhere in the fall, so the harsh season was going to be difficult because the Pilgrims didn't have much time to build proper shelters. Despite the great suffering of the winter. Many had died, but the ones that lived still kept building and tried to find food. The Pilgrim's faith in religious still remained strong. In the spring, the Pilgrim had helped from their neighbors Native Americans. One Native American, Squanto taught them to plant native seeds. He also taught them how to fish. In the fall, the Pilgrim had good harvest, because of that they set a day just to give thanks. Then, it became a tradition that after each harvest season, they give thanks, which became