Read the excerpt from the Mayflower Compact.[We] combine ourselves together into a civil Body . . . for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . [to] frame such just and equal Laws . . . for the general Good of the Colony.—Mayflower Compact
Answer
A
They did not come together to create a government.
B
They did not write laws that protected everyone in the colony.
C
They did not create an orderly community within the colony.
D
They did not form a civil body that could preserve the colony.