The Significance of the Mayflower CompactThe Mayflower Compact was written as a temporary form of government due to the unjust treatment suffered by some of the occupants of the Mayflower. They also believed that the order must come from someone with much higher authority, namely the king. The settlers were also undisciplined due to the lack of government; this is why some settlers thought they could do what they preferred. But by signing the Mayflower Compact, they ended all unrest aboard the Mayflower. After John Smith landed in Plymouth, they felt like they had landed in a place that was not controlled by London (the king). The Mayflower carried one hundred and two passengers. They had traveled approximately 3,000 miles to land north of their destination. They had hoped to found a colony at the mouth of the Hudson River, on the site of present-day New York City. This would have placed the colony within the geographic boundaries defined by the king in the charter of the Virginia Company of Plymouth. A group of businessmen invested money to start the colony. In exchange, they hoped to benefit from the products of the New World. The company charter outlined how the regulations would be governed. But the Mayflower's passengers had drifted outside the bounds of the charter. They now left the Cape Cod ship on November 9, 1620, with no laws to govern them. The passenger list showed that the colonists needed to create a government. Of the one hundred and two passengers, the fourth were pilgrims looking for a place to practice their religion. They had separated from the Church of England due to religious differences. The pilgrims had lived in Holland for some time, and now hoped to make a fresh start. Basically, these pilgrims need... middle of paper ...... "Bradford's Nephew" in New England's Memorial (1669). The three versions had a difference in wording, spelling, capitalization and punctuation. The pact created the Idea of ​​Social Contact. A social contract is a real or hypothetical pact between the governed and their leaders which defines the rights and duties of each. Although specific duties were not assigned to each settler, a higher order notion was established through election. of the first governor of New Plymouth. It was not until after the American Revolution that the Mayflower Compact received much attention. At this time, the new nation began to return to the roots of this self-government. prime example of American democracy as a social contract. But it is also understood that this idea comes from the practical need for unity to serve in nature..