Question

directions: cut out the graphic organizer below and glue down where indicated into your notebook. then title the page \the mayflower compact\. after reading the text of the document, complete the graphic organizer by responding to the titles with notes for each one. fold down and glue to your notebook here so that you can unfold the 5 sections. who? who were the people who wrote this document? what? what action were they undertaking with this document? why? why did they write the document? where & when? where and when was this document created? how? how has this document impacted america?

Explanation:

To complete the graphic organizer for "The Mayflower Compact":

• WHO? The Pilgrims (male passengers of the Mayflower) wrote it.
• WHAT? They created a written agreement for self - governance.
• WHY? To establish order and a legal framework for the new colony, as they landed outside the Virginia Company's territory.
• WHERE & WHEN? Created on the Mayflower in 1620, off the coast of Cape Cod (in what is now Massachusetts).
• HOW? It was a precursor to democratic governance in America, influencing later colonial and U.S. government structures.

Answer:

• WHO? Pilgrim men (Mayflower passengers)
• WHAT? Created a self - governance agreement
• WHY? To establish order/legal framework for the colony
• WHERE & WHEN? On the Mayflower, 1620, off Cape Cod
• HOW? Precursor to U.S. democratic governance