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Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact
Basically stated that government exists with the “consent of the governed”
The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower agreed to accept and obey whatever laws the colonists agreed to create
Pilgrims drew on belief of “social contract” and
belief that covenants between men were as important as covenants made between God and man
The Compact signified the importance that legitimate government exists with the consent of those ruled
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