How were the ideas in the mayflower compact similar to john Locke's later idea of a social contract?

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Joseph Knox

22 August, 17:10

How were the ideas in the mayflower compact similar to john Locke's later idea of a social contract?

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In the making of Mayflower Compact, it drew two strong traditions. First was the conception of the social contract and the belief in the covenant. The Pilgrims used covenant to set up congregations while the Mayflower Compact is a covenant that the people agreed upon.