Why did the Pilgrims create and sign the Mayflower Compact? A. to establish a way of self governing since there was no English presence in what would become the Massachusetts Bay Colony
B. to establish a way of self governing since they had just rebelled against the English government that was in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
C. to prevent the King of England from selling their land to the French since there was very little English government influence in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
D. to prevent slaves from escaping and establishing a new British colony in the Massachusetts Bay Colony