Question

Which of the following choices below best describes the reasoning behind the pilgrams creation of the Mayflower Compact, which in essence stated that they would rule themselves?
A. The Pilgrims of the Mayflower were bound for Virginia in 1620, but they got lost and instead landed at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. Since Plymouth did not lie within the boundaries of the Virginia colony, the Pilgrims had no official charter to govern them. So they drafted the Mayflower Compact, which in essence declared that they would rule themselves.
B. The pilgrams drafted the Mayflower Compact because they were frustrated about unfair taxation and religious freedoms that were being controlled by the British Monarchy.
C. The Mayflower Compact was in response to John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government". The pilgrams were impressed by the Locke's philophies and decided to draw upon his theories to craft the Mayflower Compact.
D. The Pilgrams had no idea that they were even under the jurisdiction of the British Monarchy and therefore created a system of government out of necessity

Answer 1

A because the pilgrims wanted a self government

Answer 2

The answer could likely be B.