Sandra+M.

1) Providing a common defense

 * ==== the government has to protect what you own, your life, and your freedom .====

If there was no common defense, there would be violence and death surrounding the country.

Example: US Navy, Army, Police, FBI, SWAT

2) Resolving conflicts within a society
This is important because there needs to be peace, and for that to happen there needs to be a higher power to decide the conflicts course. Also, people need to move on with their lives.
 * ==== To maintain social order and peace between the people ====

Example: There is an accident with death involved. The government quietly handles it and hands out punishment, and life goes on.



3) Provide public services

 * ==== Services that make life in a community easier and more efficient ====

This is important because with out it, the country would become dirty, uneducated, and disgusting.

Example: Fixing a road, teaching, preaching.



4) Protect the rights of the people

 * ==== To secure and protect life, liberty, and property through laws ====

This is important because with out it, there would be no peace, and everyone would be doing whatever they wanted to. There would be chaos everywhere.

Examples: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press.