<span>A key part of the Mayflower Compact was that the colonists agreed to govern their colony together for the common good.
These colonies still didn't want to be completely united under the same ruler, which is why A is incorrect. C is incorrect because this happened before they renounced their loyalty. The Mayflower Compact was signed in 1620, when colonists were coming to Plymouth.
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Sharecropping. <span>When the war ended three months later, many freed African Americans saw the “40 acres and a mule” policy as proof that they would finally be able to work their own land after years of servitude.
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The civil war wasn't self defense, it was a war over the issue of slavery and the rights of the states, so I'd eliminate B. The south actually had the superior military leaders, the North was struggling with that part, so it's not C either. And D isn't an advantage, it's just a stand view, so that leaves the answer to be <span>A. The north had more natural resources. </span>
