<P> The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony . It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen . The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England . </P> <P> The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 . They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar . Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the Mayflower was anchored in Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod . </P>

Who created a set of rules called the mayflower compact in early colonial america