The answer to this question is the term politics. Politics is the activities, actions, and policies of using one's power to make a decision for the whole group or for all members. Politics is also about making laws and how to enforce it to the people and showing the political views to people.
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The Mayflower Compact was important because it was the first document to establish self-government in the New World. It remained active until 1691 when Plymouth Colony became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
I give one, for example: when I was travelling on Malta, I found a lot of Roman remains: catacombs, mosaics, a remain of a Roman house.
Malta is an island so they must have used sea travel to get there.
It protected English citizens' individual freedoms.
