Which of the following is true of the Mayflower Compact?
A. It served as a draft of America's first national constitution.
B. It declared British colonists' independence from their home country.
C. It was a petition to the British Crown to remove taxation.
D. It was essentially a bill of rights which became the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
E. It was written by the Protestant Pilgrims who went on to settle in the New World.
Answer: E
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