Third person limited is the answer
The answer is covenants. The "Mayflower Compact" was marked on 11 November 1620 locally available the Mayflower not long after she came to grapple off Provincetown Harbor. The Pilgrims had gotten authorization from English experts to settle in Virginia, whose northern fringe at the time reached out up to what is presently New York.
D. To call up or draw forth
To provide the story with conflict and keep the plot going.