The Mayflower Compact was an agreement among the people on board the Mayflower that

A. the non-Separatists among them would return to England as soon as possible.
B. they, the Plymouth settlers, constituted a politically organized body with the legal authority to make decisions for the colony.
C. the Plymouth colony would be governed by a representative assembly.
D. religious toleration would be extended to all who wished to settle in Plymouth.


Answer: B

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