We . . . having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage . . . covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic . . . 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 and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

–Mayflower Compact, 1620

What was the main reason the Pilgrims gave for creating the Mayflower Compact?

to create a colony that would honor the king
to organize themselves politically as a self-governing colony
to organize themselves in a way that would guarantee economic stability for all
to create a colony that would serve as an example of tolerance and democracy

the tallest building in the western hemisphere and the sixth tallest building in the world

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.