Study the following quote. Then answer the question that follows.
"We ... enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience."
This quote from the Mayflower Compact helped American colonists understand the idea of
A. petition
B. constitutional monarchy
C. tyranny
D. social contract