The Nature of Government

Nota:

• Became more complex as population grew

1. Demos = the people
2. Greek City of Athens
3. Citizens/voters = men who owned property
4. Plato and the Republic

1. Regulate Buying and Selling
2. Who has power to make decision
3. How people make a living

1. Managing Coflict
2. Established courts

1. Regulating businesses
2. Collect Taxes
3. Common Defense

1. Absolute Monarchy
   1. Louis XIV of England
   2. Solomon of Israel
2. Dictatorships
   1. Junta
   2. Oligarchy
3. Totalitarian States
   1. Nazi Germany and Hitler
   2. USSR and Stalin

1. Direct Democracy
   1. Citizens vote on laws
   2. Majority Rule
   3. Examples
      1. Athens
      2. Cities and towns in US
2. Representative Democracy
   1. Legislature is key
   2. Citizens vote for candidates who make decisions
   3. Suffrage (voting)