The Mayflower Compact<span> was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. On September 16, 1620 the </span>Mayflower<span>, a British ship, with 102 passengers, who called themselves Pilgrims, aboard sailed from Plymouth, England. They were bound for the New World.</span>
they thought if one country in an area fell to communism the countries surrounding the country would also fall to communism which lead to the red scare.
