Original sentence: The Mayflower Compact was the seed of American democracy and has been called the world's first written constitution
Edited sentence: 35  of   the 102 Colonists aboard the Mayflower were   members  of a radical faction sect of Puritanism called Separatists known as Brownists.As the Mayflower approached North America they ran out of beer (potable liquid) and seeing land they decided to land to brew beer.Beer then was brewed from many kinds of vegetation and vegetables.The Mayflower Compact was a seed of American democracy,  and has been called the world's first written constitution.The Virginia Company agreed to grant a patent to settle between Chesapeake Bay and Hudson River.The other was the "Great Charter of the Virginia Company which granted self governance to the Virginia Colony.These people called themselves saints,  today we call them pilgrims.This faction had negotiated with the London Company to finance a pilgrimage to  America.Two thirds were non separatists, "strangers" hired by the London Company  to protect its interests,  among them were Miles   Standish   and John     Alden