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Evolution Theory
• States evolved from family units
• Families grew into large extended units or
tribes
• Heads of the family served as a government
How so…
• Evolved into tribal councils with a
hierarchy of authority
Examples…
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Force Theory
• Governments emerged when people are
were brought under the control of some
authority
• States emerged from the conquest of other
families or tribes
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Divine Right
• Belief that kings are chosen by a deity to
rule the state
Ancient examples include Egyptians and Aztecs
• 15th Century Europe, the belief is used by
royalty as the justification for absolute rule
• To question the king was not only treason
but seen as a sin against God
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Types of Government?
• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
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Autocracies
• Power and authority to rule held by one
person
• Totalitarian dictatorships (examples…)
• Monarchies- Absolute & Constitutional
(examples…)
• Pros & Cons…
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Oligarchies
• Power and authority to rule is held by a
small group of individuals
• (Examples…)
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Democracies
• From the Greek demos (people) and kratia
(to rule). Thus ~ rule by the people
Too simple & naïve
• Democracy is a system of government in
which people select policy makers so that
policies reflect the will of those governed.
(explain…)
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