Among the most influential documents, the Mayflower Compact is what set up America by colonization. With the help of the Native Americans for food and survival hacks. The Compact was drafted on the eleventh of November, by 41 of 104 Pilgrims on board a ship called The Mayflower. These 41 pilgrims were called Puritans. The pilgrims landed in what is now called Cape Cod. Like all historical documents, it was written with purpose and had some significance to their colony. Also as a historical document it had its limitations.
The 41 pilgrims who composed the compact had a purpose when writing it. The pilgrims came from England, where at the time was ruled by King James. Like all who came to the Americas, they sailed for religious freedom. So in writing the compact they wanted it so all laws they passed were obeyed. Not only did they want to escape England to secure religious freedom but they also wanted to secure their chance to survive so they would be protected by the laws they laid down to keep civilized. If they could successfully colonize more Europeans would come over with more provisions and add to the population in the new world. They set out to sail and make a colony to the northern parts of Virginia for their king and for God.
Though they did not realize it at the time, the Mayflower Compact had a major significance in colonization
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Though it was only a little step, that step still had a large impact. Yes, the compact had its limitations and those limitations would be resolved almost 300 years later. But they had a purpose to set sail for the new world and a purpose for writing the Mayflower Compact. The compact had great significance in years to come. In the next 100 years there were 13, populated, colonies. Over 4 decades later we would have 50 states with religious freedom; among other freedoms, and independence from Great