Important Docs
The values of our nation are defined in legal, political, and historical...
Documents
what is a compact
An agreement
The Mayflower Compact shows the idea of...
self-government
what was a charter
was a legal document issued by a ruler or a government to a person or a group of people
What are the changes of the Constitution called....
amendments
We find these documents on local, state, and national...
Levels
Without order, the Colony would not be...
Successful
Women played an important role on the Mayflower and in...
Plymouth
what is a treaty
is a legal document that is created to end conflict
Many American colonist felt that king George III and his government were...
unfair
These documents outline our rights and responsibility as...
Citizens
The Compact gave every man a share in the leadership of the...
Colony
The Mayflower Compact was only...
166 words long
what is the purpose of the constitution
is to describe the duties of the government and the rights of the people being governed
The Continental Congress argued that the king had denied them of their...
inalienable rights
The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important...
Documents in American history
The Compact also outlined that everyone would agree to obey the...
Laws
The government of the United States is based on...
specific values
what popular sovereignty means
it means that people should be in charge of creating the government
in 1787, the founding fathers met to create...
a new government for our young nation
The Continental Congress argued that the king had denied them of their...
Inalienable rights
All of the adult men read and discussed the Compact and then agreed to...
Sign it
national documents
our country has been governed by the Constitution for how many years
for over 200 years
the U.S. Constitution is...
the supreme law of our country