Definitions for "Mayflower Compact"
Document drawn up by the Pilgrims in 1620 while on The Mayflower before landing at Plymouth Rock. The Compact provided a legal basis for self-government.
The mayflower compact was the first agreement the pilgrims wrote to govern themselves in the New World. It was written on the ship, the Mayflower, when the pilgrims landed in America.
agreement drafted in 1620 when the Pilgrims reached America that granted political rights to all male colonists who would abide by the colony's laws