LAD 1 Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders of CT

The concepts included in the Mayflower compact were very new to the people who were writing it. They were setting down a foundation for rules and ordinances to be laid upon, and they were also basing it upon religion.
The Mayflower compact shows the attachment to the "old world" by setting a legal code to a place which did not have one. Order was a way the colonists were "attached" to the "old world". The attachment to the "new world" was shown by the religious aspect of the document.
The Fundamental orders of Connecticut are different than the Mayflower Compact because the orders were a set of rules already made and chosen, whereas the Mayflower Compact was just the choice of the colonists to eventually lay down those rules. Also, the Mayflower Compact had no specific type of government set up, whereas the orders clearly specified what would happen to maintain order in Connecticut.
The colonist in Connecticut most likely already had experience with disorder, so they knew to clearly lay down the rules, not just to agree on eventually having rules.
Since the orders are so specific, they were probably meant to safeguard against rebellion. There were laws set out to protect the government and to keep order.