LAD #1 Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

1.) The Mayflower Compact was created so that the Christian Faith would be carried on. It states that the people of Virginia must remain true to the rules of the religion with concepts such as preservation, virtue, submission, and obedience.
2.) The settlers still considered England, also known as the "Old" world, to be their true home country. They were still loyal to their king, but chose to voyage to the "New" world, or the Americas. They "honored" their king and Europe multiple times in the written document.
3.) The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were the basic political laws in the colony of Connecticut. They laid out rules such as how power was divided among people in their respective areas. The Fundamental Orders said that any elected official must be part of an approved Congregation of some sort, but did not talk a lot about religion. The Mayflower Compact, however, has little else to do with anything besides staying true to the Christian religion, unlike the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
4.) The people of Connecticut all wished to stay united under God, and wanted rules to be written so that they could form a "decent Government...according to God." They wanted these rules to be applicable to everyone residing in the colonies, not just white men, but women and children too. The rules had to be written down so that trials and confusion  could be avoided.
5.) In the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, there are written checks and balances and rules that prevent certain people from gaining too much power and from staying in power for too long. Every member of the General Assemblies had to be nominated and voted in to their position. The number of representatives from each town is limited to four, so that no town has an uneven balance of power.