Question

using the definition of social contract determine the role of the Magna Carta and Mayflower compact in the development of the US legal system including the US Constitution and the Maryland Constitution

Answer 1

Explanation:

The Mayflower Compact expressed four main ideals (Cline 2003):

It expressed the deep faith and belief in God and His divine guidance, which was held so dear to the Pilgrim Fathers.

It expressed deep loyalty to native England and to the King, regardless of his actions to persecute and exile the Pilgrims.

It expressed mutual regard for one another as equals in the sight of God.

It expressed intent to establish just and equal laws upon which would be built a truly democratic form of government, the first recorded in history.