| 词汇 | mayflower compact |
| 词源 | Mayflower Compact. The former wine ship that transported the early settlers to America took its name from the mayflower, another name for the blossom of the hawthorn tree. In the Mayflower Compact, signed by the 51 adult passengers aboard ship, all agreed to stay together where they landed, choose their own leader, and abide by majority rule, this being the rude be- ginning of American democracy. |
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