To guarantee self government & make sure everyone agrees to obey & preserve laws. Without the Mayflower compact , what might have happened ? People might have been over thrown. ... A group organized for the government.
The pilgrims believed that it was necessary to write the mayflower compact because they wanted to keep the peace. It was significant because this document provided for the the first self- government in the new world. ... * The puritans and Rodger Williams had very different Ideas about liberty and the role of Government.
