<span>A key part of the Mayflower Compact was that the colonists agreed to govern their colony together for the common good.
These colonies still didn't want to be completely united under the same ruler, which is why A is incorrect. C is incorrect because this happened before they renounced their loyalty. The Mayflower Compact was signed in 1620, when colonists were coming to Plymouth.
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The goal was to stop the spread of Communism.
(Look into Domino Theory.)
Answer:
The nation had overseas possession it intended to keep.
Explanation:
a p e x
The "fugitive clause" that was written in the U.S. Constitution stipulated that slaves which were one the run from their owner in another state had to be immediately returned to their owner. This sort of re-iterated slavery and since the Thirteenth Amendment had already been passed, this made this law go under debate.