The major assumption underlying the statement made in the first sentence of the declaration is that by "All men are created equal" Thomas Jefferson was referring mostly to white men, since many of the Founding Fathers owned slaves.
I dont understand what that says
Answer:
a) it granted sovereignty to each state
Explanation:
The native population of the Spanish colonies (i.e., Native Americans in the area) died off due to wars between Spanish settlers and natives, poor working conditions in enslavement, and the tons of diseases brought over by the Spanish that Native Americans' bodies did not know how to fight all drastically wiped out native Spanish populations. They had to bring in a lot of slaves from Africa to make up for these losses.
The reason the women didn't sign the Mayflower Compact document is "simply that the men still hold the notion of women not having the right to sign a contract when they just arrived."
This is evident because when the Pilgrims arrived in Cape Cod in <em>1620</em>, the women in England had no right to sign contracts or other socio-political rights.
Thus, it was assumed that the women in the Mayflower ship held no such rights as well.
Eighteen women arrived with the Mayflower Compact ship in November 1620.
Hence, in this case, it is concluded that the reason women didn't sign the Mayflower Compact document is "that they held no rights to do so."
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