“We... the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James,... having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic... and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet [proper] and convenient for the general good of the colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.” The Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the Plymouth colony, 1620

The ideas introduced in the excerpt most directly
contributed to which of the following patterns
among the British North American colonies?
(A) The imposition of strict regulation by the Crown and Parliament
(B) The establishment of localrepresentative assemblies
(C) The pursuit of trade with England and the West Indies
(D) The development of agricultural economies