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Page 1: What is government? What is our definition? Why do we need it? How does government affect us?

What is government?

What is our definition?

Why do we need it?

How does government affect us?

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• What is the difference between “Government” and a “State?”

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Population

Government

Territory

Sovereignty

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Legislators

Judges

Executives and Administrators

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What is the purpose of government?

• To form a more perfect union

• To establish justice

• To insure domestic tranquility

• To provide for the common defense

• To promote the general welfare

• To secure the blessings of liberty

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Origins of the State

• Force Theory – one group took over

• Evolutionary Theory – government developed out of families

• Divine Right Theory – God gave rulers a divine right to rule

• Social Contract Theory – people agree to protect themselves from themselves

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• Thomas Hobbes – “state of nature” theory

• “Humans are evil by nature.”

• Is this true?

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“The right to swing my fist,

ends where the other man’s

nose begins”

-Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Alternate Intelligence

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WHAT GETS WETTER AND WETTER THE MORE IT

DRIES?

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A towel

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YOU THROW AWAY THE OUTSIDE AND COOK THE

INSIDE. THEN YOU EAT THE OUTSIDE AND THROW

AWAY THE INSIDE. WHAT DID YOU EAT?

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An ear of corn

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WHAT GOES UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS WITHOUT

MOVING?

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The Hand Railor

Carpet

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WHAT CAN YOU CATCH BUT NOT THROW?

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A cold

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I CAN RUN BUT NOT WALK. WHEREVER I GO, THOUGHT FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND.

WHAT AM I?

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A nose

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WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?

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AN EMBARRASSED SKUNK

A ZEBRA PAINTED RED.

A SUNBURNED PENGUIN.

A NEWSPAPER.

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WHAT GOES AROUND THE WORLD BUT STAYS IN A

CORNER?

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A stamp


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