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Compare And Contrast The Motives Of The Original Constitution

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William Bradford indicated that the occasion was that the ships were a day out of harbor in the new world. He indicated that he wanted them to come together as one body in agreement to submit to the government and governors. The agreed to consent together in unison to this. I do feel this is very similar to the motives of the original constitution a document which is still in force today. I have no doubt that the founders of this nation looked at what did work and did not work in the way the original colonies set themselves up and modeled our governing documents based off what they learned. As such I do feel that the motives are still relevant and valid today. I feel this agreement was very important to the colony as I am not entirely sure the colony would have survived without it. Noll indicates that Bradford "left a deeply moving record of the ravages of the first winter. Half of the pilgrims died" (Noll, 1992, pg. 39). Had the colony not agreed to come together and work in unison under this compact, I am not sure that the colony would have survived. Similarly, there is no way this nation would survive catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 without the sense of community and oneness this nation has due to the constitution. …show more content…

They did this by enacting a constitution, laws and ordinances and government offices. One of the implications this brought about was a freedom of worship. Noll writes "It enjoyed the liberty to plant congregational form of worship and install a deeply pious sense of community." (Noll, 1992, pg. 39). This is something that still exists today. We are a less godly nation than we once were, but we do still maintain a freedom to worship that the European Christians at the time of the mayflower did

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