Question

Which of the following is true about the Mayflower Compact

A. Laws would be established by majority rule.
B. The colony would be based on Church of England beliefs.
C. The colony would be set up as a royal charter.
D. It created the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Answer 1

C. Laws would be established by majority rule........

Answer 2

Option A, laws would be established by majority rule, is the right answer.

The first governing document of the Plymouth Colony is known as the Mayflower Compact. Pioneers of the Plymouth colony were seeking freedom of worship. Therefore, the 102 male passengers of the Mayflower signed a document called Mayflower Compact to begin colonial self-government and called themselves to be the Puritans. This is how the Puritans agreed to the fact that laws would be established by majority rule.