Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

“[We] hereof do . . . enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.” —The Mayflower Compact.

What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
A. The promise of religious freedom would apply to all of the American colonies.
B. The colonists professed their continuing loyalty to King Charles I of England.
C. The idea of self-government would later become one of the founding principles of the United States.
D. The colonists recognized the land rights of Native Americans.

C?

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Yes, C is the correct answer. The Mayflower Compact was significant because it introduced the concept of self-government. In the quote provided, the colonists expressed their intention to enact laws and ordinances for the general good of the colony, and they promised their submission and obedience to these laws. This was an early example of a social contract establishing a basic form of government and the idea that the authority of government derives from the consent of the governed. The concept of self-government would later become one of the founding principles of the United States.