Announcement All 10 th, 11 th, and 12 th graders interested in participating in Model UN there will be a meeting in H-32 next Tuesday at 8:10 am.

American Government Chapter 1 Section 1 An Overview

Government and the State Government: institution which a society makes and enforces its public policies. Public policies: all of those things a government decides to do.

The State A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically-that is, with a government-and with the power to make and enforce law without consent of any higher authority. –Population –Territory

Sovereignty A state that has supreme and absolute power within its own territory. –Guam and the Virgin Islands (not sovereign states)

Origins of the State The Force Theory (take power) The Evolutionary Theory (family) The Divine Right Theory (God) The Social Contract (educated elite) –Hobbes (“nasty, brutish, and short.”) –Locke (man works together for the greater good) –Rousseau (man must choose who makes decisions for them)

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