1. Which one of the following statements is most accurate regarding the Mayflower Compact? A. It founded the Plymouth colony under a proprietary governor. B. It gave the Pilgrims their own charter. C. It created the Massachusetts Bay Colony. D. It made Plymouth a royal colony.

The Mayflower Compact gave the Pilgrims their own charter, which they made as an agreement to pledge fealty to their king and also to make their own laws based on the majority. Their laws were based on Puritan ideas, as they had embarked on the journey in the first place for religious freedom.