Why we have a government

Sarah Hirst

American Government

            The United States government was created to limit the power of a single person but to also make the United States a nation for the individual rights of citizens. When the colonists arrived to America from England they were living in a country with kings and queens, where one person was the sole controller of the entire nation. There was no democracy or voting, just a monarchy.

            The citizens that came here from Great Britain wanted freedom to be who they are and freedom to elect who runs their country. The constitution was first drafted in 1787, which in turn created the federal government when George Washington took office as the first United States President. The goal of having a government and an elected president was for the nation to constantly be in check so that one person does not have total control. America wanted to have a government that was the complete opposite of what Britain had.

            The government was created to. “To form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.”  Citizens wanted to be apart of a nation that was of the people for the people.

            A country without a government is a country without rules and regulations. If the United States had no established government then our nation would not be able to function. The government provides us with schools, health care, insurances agencies, hospitals, security, and other nation wide necessary jobs. Without a government the country would be chaotic.  The federal security would not exist to protect our nation, and neither would public schools (government funded establishments). Without a government America would not be as much as a prosperous nation as it has become with the government. Although the government is not as favorable to some as it is others, having no government would result in a failure to organize freedoms and succeed as a nation.