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 * The Five Purposes of Government**

**1.) Protection of Individual Rights:**
Definition Examples
 * Protects three natural rights: Life, Liberty, and Property.
 * Laws are made around these rights.
 * There are consequences to breaking laws because the rights were taken without the persons consent.

Why is this important to society?
 * It protects everyone of their basic rights.

**2.) Maintain Order:**
Defintion
 * Control and contain conflicts.
 * Maintain social order.

Examples
 * Place limits on what individuals are permitted to do.
 * Provide structures such as courts to resolve disagreements.

Why is this important to society?
 * It keeps people in line and prevents choas and distruction.



**3.) Providing Public Services:**
Definition Examples Why is this important to society?
 * Provide essential services to all people
 * Makes and enforces laws that promote public health and safety
 * Promotes general welfare
 * Provides health care
 * Makes laws on food for safety
 * Inspects the quality of air, water, and roads
 * It allows everyone access to essential services and keeps things safe.

4.) **Providing a National Defense:**
Definition Examples
 * Defends the nation against foreign enemies
 * Provides a common defense to protect national security
 * Maintains an army, navy, air force, and coast guard
 * Has the power to make treaties with other nations
 * Helps to provide economic security by making trade agreements with other countries

Why is this important to society?
 * It denfends our nation.

**5.) Direct Economic Decisions:**
Definition
 * Provides citizens with economic opportunities or resources
 * Uses their power to reduce problems made by scarcity by intervening in the economic system

Examples
 * May intervene in the economic problems of other nations
 * Makes decisions on controling prices, trade, and natural resources to make the economy better

Why is this important to society?
 * It helps keep the economy run smoothly.