The Text Analysis of the Mayflower Compact

The Mayflower Compact was an important document that set the foundation of our country's government. It was written by those to be governed on the Mayflower back in November 1620. The writers are representing not only themselves, but the settlers of the New World. It was written to establish fair and equal laws and to be free of english laws. Also to establish better ordering, preservation, law, ordinances, acts, and constitutions. They most likely wanted this because of the taxes they were getting charged for but they had no benefit to them, yet alone had anything to do with them. They saw no reason that they should be governed by people that were thousands of miles away. The compact determined authority inside the settlement. These new settlers on the ship were writing to, "The Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James." In this compact the writers were representing the settlers of the New World. This compact is not asking in any way request of approval but as a statement with no questions asked. The settlers justification was that the english government had their hands too deep in their pockets without much to offer them. Once the Mayflower Compact was written it was then signed by all forty-one male adult passenger of the Mayflower.