The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sailed for Virginia in 1620 but got lost and landed at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. They found themselves cohabitating with no official charter to prescribe governance over them. Instead, they developed the Mayflower Compact, which in essence declared they would rule themselves.

The Pilgrims' development of the Mayflower Compact is an example of which of the following fundamental values?
Select one:

a.
Personal liberty

b.
Rule of law

c.
Equality of all citizens

d.
Self-government