Question

1. One reason for the importance of the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was that they laid the foundation for- Group of answer choices growth of representative government in the colonies a two-house legislature in state governments social freedom in colonial legislature the development of English common law in the colonies

Answer 1

Answer:

Option:  growth of representative government in the colonies

Explanation:

The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut closely linked toward colonial self-government.

The Mayflower Compact was a collection of rules for the self-government in America in 1620. It was the first agreement by the English settlers in the colonies. The Mayflower Compact, signed by the pilgrims and other passengers who boarded the ship from England for the New World.

The Fundamental Orders set up as a complete plan of establishing a government in which the power rested with the freemen. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut signed by the freemen of the towns of Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor in 1638.