What was the authority behind both the Mayflower compact and the declaration

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Emanuel Frederick

22 July, 22:41

What was the authority behind both the Mayflower compact and the declaration

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Rowan Henry · Answer 1

I think the obvious effect that the Mayflower Compact had on the Declaration of Independence was that without the Compact, which acknowledged the sovereignty of the British Crown, there would have been no need to declare independence 150 years later.