Which document showed that the settlers of Plymouth were ready to govern themselves that they agreed to live together according to a system of laws? the Mayflower Compact the Massachusetts Bay Charter the Declaration of Independence the Charter of the Virginia Company

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The correct answer is A. The Mayflower Compact was a social contract signed by the men of the Mayflower expedition where they consented to follow the compact's rules and regulations in order to live together in whatever form of social organization they chose. The compact was necessary because the expedition landed in strange land due to weather conditions and didn't have the King's permission to settle in there, Cape Cod, but in Virginia.