Question

The Mayflower Compact referred to the group of colonists as a “civil body politic.” What does this mean?

Answer 1

A "civil body politic" is a group of citizens acting together as a law making body. so they were saying that they were a group trying to be a lawmaking body on there own...

Answer 2

i think is how you would describe it....sorry if im confusing :/

Answer 3

yea that is how you describe plain and simple.