LAD #1

Alex Eberts 7 September 2006
LAD #1 Period 2

1. The concepts included in the Mayflower Compact are to make the first colony in North America, the need for a set laws that grant equality to all freemen, that everyone needs to work together in the colony in order for it work.

2. The Mayflower Compact attaches the “Old” and “New” Worlds because even though they are in a different country they are still under the rule of King James.

3. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut differs from the Mayflower Compact because the Mayflower Compact is basically an agreement to set up a government. It doesn’t go into detail on how the government should and needs to work. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut go into detail describing how the government should be run and what to do if this or this happens. The Mayflower Compact is much more general than the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

4. The reason for the creation of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is the colonists thought that in order for the colony of Connecticut to work they needed to join together in union. In order to do that they needed to be joined under a constitution with rules and laws according to God.

5. The Fundamental Orders reflects the fear of and safeguard against the one individual or a few individuals gaining too much power because like our modern government there are checks and balances. In the Fundamental Orders it says that if a governor does not hold a General Court Freemen can petition it until they do. If the Freemen are ignored they can join together and hold their own General Court. This system makes it hard for one person or a few people to gain too much power.