<span>Earlier historians consider the Medial Period the 'Dark Ages' due to the absence of written records which could have survived, which would have shone some light on this otherwise unknown period in time. The Dark Ages are often thought to be the years between 500 and 1500 CE, between the endings of the Roman Empire and the beginnings of the Italian Renaissance.</span>
Many of our scientific ideas come from Ancient Greece :)
The England's colony in Barbados helped South Carolina to prosper by developing close economic ties with sugar plantations. The settlers emigrated from Barbados bringing their slave code with them that helped in boosting the plantation in South Carolina. The wealthy planters and their slaves coming from Barbados started to develop their commodity crops of sugar and cotton.
I believe, due to my research, that the answer is A. In the Mayflower Compact, they had their first democratic government and in order to make that successful, you would want to make rules that are fair to the people and yourself! Hope this helps! =)