Question

Explain why you think it was important for the Pilgrims to write the Mayflower Compact.

Answer 1

The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. On September 16, 1620 the Mayflower, a British ship, with 102 passengers, who called themselves Pilgrims, aboard sailed from Plymouth, England. They were bound for the New World.

Answer 2

They needed to establish a form of government to have some sort of order in their colony.