Silvana&Kelly

= The 5 Purposes of Government =
 * 1) [|Protection of Individual Rights]
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/John_Locke_by_Herman_Verelst.png/488px-John_Locke_by_Herman_Verelst.png width="157" height="197" align="right" caption="John Locke wrote most of the Two Treatises of Government which protects individuals' rights."]] Definition:
 * The government protects the rights of all people including life, liberty, and property.
 * Example(s):
 * Every person has the basic three rights until they do something really bad to lose them.
 * There are laws that help protect the three rights of all people.
 * The breaking of these laws can be the result for going to jail.
 * Importance:
 * It protects the three basic writes of each person.
 * 1) [|Maintaining Order]
 * Definition:
 * Government places a limit on what individuals can do. John Locke wrote most of the
 * Helps people live without conflicts. Two Treatises of Government
 * Example(s): which protect individuals' rights.
 * There are laws against people killing others or stealing.
 * There are courts that help people resolve disagreements .[[image:law_books.png width="251" height="189" align="right"]]
 * Importance:
 * Controls conflicts by permitting individuals to do certain things.
 * 1) [|Providing Public Services]
 * Definition:
 * The government does jobs that people would do on their own or would not be able to do.
 * Example(s):
 * Makes and enforces laws that promote public health and safety.
 * Government provides inspectors to investigate the quality of the air, water, or roads.
 * Importance:
 * Help keep people's health safe by controlling food and other important things essential to life.
 * 1) [|Providing A National Defense] [[image:g10-govpurposes/images.jpg width="123" height="252" align="right"]]
 * Definition:
 * Government defends the nation against foreign enemies.
 * Example(s):
 * When there is a war the United States is defended by our military army, navy, air force and coast guard. [[image:g10-govpurposes/220px-Department_of_state_svg.png width="175" height="175" align="right"]]
 * The government handles normal relationship with other nation by makes treaties.
 * Importance:
 * It protects our nation from wars in different ways.
 * 1) [|Direct Economic Decisions]
 * Definition:
 * Government gets to answer the three basic economic questions: What to produce? How to produce? and For whom to produce?
 * Find a way to deal with scarcity.
 * Example(s):
 * . May intervene in the economic affairs of other nations.
 * During World War II, the United States aided nations that were at war against Germany.
 * Makes choices that distribute benefits and public services among citizens. [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS67_D9wVlbG57A9f1pswIWtbL0s1beMs1g5x6wBNjHIEXqwbK94A width="176" height="206" align="right" link="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Us+army&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=556&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=fYdBo5amZy3MrM:&imgrefurl=http://www.army.mil/symbols/&docid=gvHCkWkfGyMzXM&imgurl=http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/rv5_downloads/symbols/armylogovector_gold.gif&w=226&h=279&ei=jMZKT4uJKcXZ0QGn_smhDg&zoom=1"]]
 * Importance: [[image:001-1008100157-economy5.jpg width="233" height="178" align="right"]]
 * Help maintain a balanced economy.

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