Janine+&+Kristina

=The Five Purposes of Government =

=Activity: go to this website for a fun= http://pbskids.org/democracy/govandme/index.html =__Protection Of Individual Rights__: = ==Definition: Every person is born with the rights: life, liberty and property, and it's the government's job to make sure that everyone's rights are protected. ==

=Examples: If you steal something, you're taking someone else's property. So, you get in trouble for taking that person's thing's and you can have a series of punishments happen to you. You can go to jail, pay a fine, have to do community service, anything can happen, because the government protects out individual rights =

=__Provide National Defense__:= ==**Definition: Defending the nation from enemies is one of the government’s job **==
 * ==To have security countries have an army, navy, air force, coast guard. ==
 * ==**Providing **defense to protect national security is a major concern to each state ==



= = =__Maintaining order__: = =Deffinition:To keep things under control by: enforcing laws, settling arguments in court, and punishing people who do bad things. = >
 * =The government controls and makes sure that there are no conflicts between people by placing laws on what individuals are permitted to do =

=__Providing Public Services__: = =Deffinition: **when the government does things that i person wouldn’t do/pay for all by themselves.** = **Examples: public transportation (the bus, commuter trains/subways), garbage pickup, air quallity inspection, sewers, etc. ** ==

= = =Deffinition: nations provide people with economics opportunities or resources a government determines the way in which a country, state, county, township, city, or village is run. At every level, government makes laws that citizens must obey and creates policies about everything connected with the daily life of a community—whether that community is a nation, a state or the town where you live. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Examples: Raising, lowering, or making new taxes. =
 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Direct Economics Decisions: __**