The American people had growing distrust of government
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Explanation:
This refers to the Mayflower Compact. In general, they made laws and regulations that were supposed to be fair to all and had to be obeyed or you would face the consequences of your actions. This was followed by the phrase general good of the colony because in order for the colony to work as a whole they needed to have those regulations.
I think it happened because president Hayes had a bad reputation at that time and the idea was, the congress should be stronger to "look at his hands".