LAD 1

1. Passing just and equal laws, acts and ordinances are just some of the multiple concepts included in the May Flower Compact of 1620. Other concepts include the promise to create a unified, democratic-like government. The general or basic concept of the Mayflower Compact was to show that several actions were taking place for the general good of the colony.

2. The May Flower Compact reflects an attachment to both the old and new worlds in multiple ways. The compact states multiple times that a government will be set up in the name of the king of England which shows loyalty to the mother country. The compact also shows an attachment to the new world as the new government is established primarily for the good of the colony in the New World. The government is also slightly different from the government in England as the May Flower Compact takes a more democratic approach, which is different from the old world.

3. The fundamental orders of Connecticut differ from the Mayflower Compact in the sense that the Fundamental orders of Connecticut is a document of acts that goes in depth, stating specific laws and situations which must be followed. The Mayflower Compact isn’t a set of laws but instead a basic outline or set of ideas on how the government will be run. The Mayflower Compact is also different because it is a “Civil Body Politick” while the Fundamental orders of Connecticut will be run as a commonwealth.

4.The Fundamental orders of Connecticut were established because colonists living in Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield were fighting. Yet the colonist’s religion required them to live in peace and union and so a government was set up to ensure order and peace.

5.The orders reflect fear against superior power by an individual or group in several ways. The first decree includes a section that says that no magistrate can be chosen for more than one year. Later on in the orders, it states that person can be chosen for governor more that one time in two years. Both orders show that the colonists felt more secure if people’s time in power was limited. This is because as stated earlier, the colonists greatly feared the supreme power of one individual in government. Basically the orders worked towards maintaining fair and equal power in the common wealth.