It was named after the ship, the Mayflower. Because it was them who the Mayflower Compact governed. The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self government in America.
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Everything else that uses steam, From the Cotton mills to the boats to the trains.
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "A. creating a government that could protect them from Britain." After the colonists won independence from Britain, their main concern was that of creating a government that could protect them from Britain.
