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### Exploration and Settlement of Colonial America: Tutorial

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Briefly rewrite the following quote from the Mayflower Compact in your own words (approximately 20 to 30 words) while keeping the same meaning:

"We whose names are underwritten... combine ourselves together into a civil body politic... to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony."

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Final answer:

The Mayflower Compact established self-government in a colony by uniting male passengers to enact laws for the common good.


Explanation:

The Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620, united male passengers to form a self-governing colony in North America by creating just laws for the common good. By covenanting themselves into a civil body politic, they aimed to establish order and ensure the well-being of the community.


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