What was the authority behind both the Mayflower compact and the declaration

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Adrianna Knox

14 February, 12:14

What was the authority behind both the Mayflower compact and the declaration

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I think the obvious effect that the Mayflower Compact had on the Declaration of Independence was that without the Compact, which acknowledged the sovereignty of the British Crown, there would have been no need to declare independence 150 years later.