Policies,Agreements,Court Rulings, etc

During the early seventeenth century there were created a large amount of policies, agreements, court rulings,and other laws that were very important.The Act of Tolerance was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. The Dominion of New England was the administrative union of the English colonies in New England religion. The Edict of Nantes is the law that granted the protestants of France substantial rights in a nation that was considered  catholic.Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was basically just the control and power of the Connecticut River towns. The Halfway Covenant was a form of partial church membership created by New England. The Maryland Toleration Act is the act that forced people living in Maryland to practice the christian religion. The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, that was written by the colonists. The last one would be the Navigation Acts which was a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipments  between England and its colonies. This were the most important Policies and Agreements in the beginning of the US history.