What idea from the Mayflower Compact influenced the Declaration of Independence?

The Mayflower Compact established that the colonists would make laws and decisions together for the general good of the colony. This idea—that government should serve the common good rather than only a small group—influenced later American political documents, including the Declaration of Independence. The other choices describe rules that were not central ideas of the Mayflower Compact.

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