What effect did the mayflower compact have on american government? a. it reinforced british parliament's control over the colonies. b. it gave settlers the power to establish colonies. c. it contributed to the development of representative democracy. d. it granted absolute authority to the colonial governors.

Plz which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 was designed to appeal to slave states? a. congress passed a strict fugitive slave law. b. the slave trade was banned in washington dc. c. texas agreed to give away some of its land so that the territory would be available for future states. d. california was admitted to the union as a free state.