The pilgrims made those ideas clear and stated in the compact, “ hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony” (Mayflower Compact). The Mayflower Compact ensured theses ideas to be under, yet separate, from the country of Great Britain and the rule of King James. The pilgrims’ promised “ due Submission and Obedience” to their ruler, which showed the pilgrims were still loyal. By being the first written form of a constitution for the colonies, the Mayflower Compact is of great importance. Though the document was not strong enough to be even used by the pilgrims for long, the Mayflower Compact still provided an example to other countries and people of established
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