He was the one who came up with the notion of dividing government power into three branches: executive, legislative, and judiciary. This viewpoint affected the architects of the Constitution when it came to formulating laws and dividing responsibilities, as well as the insertion of safeguards to protect individual liberty.
The Mayflower Compact was the agreement in which the Pilgrims agreed to make decisions collectively. This included all males of eighteen year of age and older in the new colonies of what is now the United States. The men signing this contract had fled religious persecution from King James of England and had moved to Leiden (in the Netherlands) temporarily. They stated their allegiance to the Lord in the Mayflower Compact.
