Magna Carta vs Mayflower Compact

Which document protected the rights and privileges of nobles and landowners from the King?

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

Which of these documents was established in 1215?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Ulysses Grant

Which of these gave the Pilgrims rules for self government?

• Kanye West

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

Which of these used direct democracy to resolve local issues?

• Mayflower Compact

• Instagram Contract

• Magna Carta

The Mayflower Compact is significant in American history for establishing:

• A detailed legal system for the Plymouth Colony

• The first framework of self-government in the New World

• The separation of church and state

• A trade agreement with Native American tribes

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future governments

• It weakened the influence of religion in government

• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

What role did the Mayflower Compact play in the development of democratic principles in America?

• It was a precursor to the U.S. Constitution.

• It established a monarchy in the colonies.

• It was a religious document with no political significance.

• It introduced the idea of majority rule and self-governance.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

• A document that established the first local government in the New World

• A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good; signed by the Plymouth Colony in 1620

• An agreement between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims for land use

• The first constitution written in America

The Mayflower Compact was important in the development of representative government because the document --

• increased the freedoms of the first colonists

• extended freedom to members of all religions

• granted voting rights to women

• established self-government in the British colonies

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

• To establish a trade agreement with Native Americans

• To provide a legal basis for land ownership in the New World

• To create a framework for self-government in the Plymouth Colony

• To declare independence from Britain