LAD #1-Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

1) What concepts are included in the Mayflower Compact?
Under this compact it stated that the colony in northern Virginia that the colonists would be united under a political body. It also included just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitution, and officers for the general good of the colony.
2) How does the Mayflower Compact reflect and attachment to both the "Old" and "New" worlds?
The Christian faith and the idea of loyalty to a king were brought to the new world from the old world in Europe.
3) How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut differ from the Mayflower Compact?
The Fundamental Orders is much more specific and direct than the Mayflower Compact. The Fundamental Orders made assemblies and ran the colony in Massachusetts and the Mayflower Compact only created a colony.
4) What prompted the colonists of Connecticut to take this approach to government, i.e.: use of a written Constitution?
The Fundamental Orders principles were later applied in creating the United States governments. Government is based in the rights of an individual, and the orders spell out some of those rights, as well as how they are ensured by the government. It provides that all free men share in electing their magistrates, and uses secret, paper ballots. Colonists were willing to take an approach to government because they could have a say in it.
5) In what significant way(s) does the Fundamental Orders reflect a fear of and safeguard against the usurping of power by one person or a chosen few?
Elections were held and the magistrates and assemblies were established to keep order and peace.