The Constitution

The Constitution
The Constitution

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Colonial Life

Today we "re-wrote" the Mayflower Compact. Hopefully, we learned a little about the people who signed it. For instance, only men signed the document because women were economically dependent on their husbands; Some of the men signed their name with "Mr." because they were considered gentlemen rather than commoners; and perhaps they lived in a perfect world where there were no rules for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

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