The Protestant Reformation's started in 1517, disturbing the religious and political order in Europe´s Catholic countries. The outcome was the European wars of religion prosecuted in Europe in the 16th, 17th and part of the 18th century. Nonetheless, uprisings, territorial disputes, and Great Power conflicts were also causes of the wars.
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who ... 2:17 ... When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in 1620, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia