LAD #1: Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:

(1) What concepts are included in the Mayflower Compact?
It states that the colonists coming over from the Old World would remain loyal to King James I. They would form a new Colony in the northern parts of Virginia, and the colonists would abide by the same rules and regulations while practicing the Christian fate.


(2) How does the Mayflower Compact reflect and attachment to both the "Old" and "New" worlds?
The colonists were bringing over laws and religion from the Old World to the New World. The Mayflower Compact allowed them to keep practicing the same things they did back in the Old World in the Americans where they could start a new life.


(3) How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut differ from the Mayflower Compact?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was much longer and more detailed than the Mayflower Compact. It was more strict when it came to government and left very little room for interpretation. The Mayflower Compact got right to the point and was a little more loose than the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut where it wrote exactly what days meetings would be held on and exactly what the government was expected to do. All the Mayflower Compact stated was that that government should do whatever they thought was best for the Colony overall.


(4) What prompted the colonists of Connecticut to take this approach to government, i.e.: use of a written Constitution?
The colonists could then show exactly what they expected of the government by having it written down in a Constitution. They wanted to make sure that they wouldn't make a mistake by entrusting either a single person or people with this power. If it was abused than they would have to suffer the consequences of not trying to prevent it, so by creating a strict written document of exactly how governmental duties should be carried out, it put them at ease.


(5) In what significant way(s) does the Fundamental Orders reflect a fear of and safeguard against the usurping of power by one person or a chosen few?
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It was strict and made sure that the people involved in the government wouldn't have too much power if they ever attempted to abuse it. The document was incredibly detailed and stated exactly how voting would take place and the circumstances involving more powerful voting figures. In nearly every beginning sentence it states "It is Ordered, sentenced, and decreed . . ." meaning it's already set in stone. There was no going around it. Most of the document talks about power and shows that it was a big deal for the colonists. If it wasn't, they wouldn't have included it that many times throughout the Fundamental Orders. They feared a single person or persons taking control and abusing their powers, so they marked off exactly what people could an couldn't do to prevent the matter from ever happening.