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The Mayflower Compact was based simultaneously upon a majoritarian model and the settlers' allegiance to the king. It was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the community's rules and regulations for the sake of order and survival.
The Mayflower Compact was a general statement in favor of majority rule and government in the interest of the common welfare, while the Fundamental Orders set up a detailed scheme of government in which the sovereign power rested with the freemen.
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