The pilgrims were i. e., they wanted to split from the church of england, not continue trying to reform the church. a small group who had settled in holland left for america aboard the in 1620. what do the authors say is the significance of the mayflower compact?

Separatists, Mayflower.

Explanation:

it was written down for once (one of the first to be written down, which ensured no one could change it on a whim), it was one of the first steps to self-government; it was not a constitution, just an agreement, but still progress; it was a pact that also especially allowed people to argue point-of-views in town hall meetings (which would later be important)

- "instead, differing christian groups often believed that their own practices and faiths and the reforming puritans, contributing to an english civil war in the 1600s. indians, and they were the first to issue a public condemnation of slavery in america. up a wave of religious fervor and the beginning of the great awakening."

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