Forms of Government

Different forms of goverment:

Monarchy-Monarchy is a form of government that has a monarch (King) as head of state. The term Monarch, is also used to refer to the people who make up royalty or a dynasty or realm in which they rule (a.k.a. sovereignty). Many Monarchs claimed to rule by devine right, ruling either by the will of God or being a God themselves.

Anarchy- Anarchy is in a since not a government. It is a absence of a government. If it was used in modern times it would be very chotic. It is very old and used by ancient tribes.

Facism- Facism is a type of government that considers individual and other social interest inferior to the needs of the state. It looks to fake a type of unity, based on ethics, religious,cultural, or racial attributes.

Authoritarianism- Social control charactersized by strict obedience to the authority of a state, maintaining and enforcing control through the use of oppressive measures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

Democracy History

Democracy History

Democracy, many people feel it was created in the United States. But little do they know that it was an ancient Athenian system of government. There the Athenians, as members of the assembly, participated directly in the making of their laws throught the system of elections. A democracy was possible only in a small state where the people were politically educated, and it was small since the majority of people living there were slaves or immigrants. Ideas of natural law evolved into the idea of natural rights. For example, the thought that all people have certain rights, such as self-preservation, that cannot be taken from them.

English settlers in America faced conditions that emphasized the importance individual freedom. Americans were very predejuice and needed a special type of a government that would help guide them. This led to a democratic political type of government which expressed individualism, liberty, and a government limited by law.

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