Question

What effect did the Mayflower compact have on American government?

Answer 1

It contributed to the development of representative democracy

Answer 2

• a. It allowed men who were not church members to vote.
• b. It rested the authority of governments on covenants, or sacred agreements.
• c. It called for a separation of church from government.

Step-by-step explanation:

• May-flower compact was a document of the Plymouth colony and consisted of the Puritans who were fleeing from religious persecution by the King James of the England. And this compact was signed on the ship of the Nov 11, 1620. Also called as the old-style dates ad took the northern tip of the cape cod. This compact was originally bonded by the colony of Virginia and forced them to anchor in the Massachusetts,