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How did the concept of self-rule first originate in the New England colonies?

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it was encouraged by the 1689 bill of rights which established the British parliament. and then the colonies decided the wanted to freedoms like that
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The Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact to compensate for the fact that their settlement was not governed by a royal charter.

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When the Pilgrims first set out for the New World, their intended destination was the Virginia Colony. The Pilgrims were ultimately blown off course and landed on Plymouth Rock. Unlike the Virginia Colony, the Pilgrims' new home was not governed by a royal charter, leading them to draft the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact planted the seeds of self-rule in the New England colonies.

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