Akira Simmons 3/5/09
Government
There were four different theories of governments, the force theory, the evolutionary rule,
the divine right theory, and social contract theory. The Force theory was when one person
or group of people gained control of the area and forced others to submit to their rule. The
evolutionary Rule basically said that the states would develop naturally out of family
clans, tribes, ect. The divine right theory said that the state was created by God and God
gave people of royal birth the divine right to rule. The social contract theory was created
by Thomas Hobbes and he believed that before the state people were British. People lived
poorly and to improve their lives people could enter into a social contract where a superior
person would rule over the rest. None of these four different theories of governments
would be a best fit for the United States today.
The force theory should not be a government for the United States. A dictator or a group of
dictators would make all decisions and there would be no rights for U.S. citizens. The
people would have no say and would not be able to vote on anything. The dictator would
have all control. In the United States today, we do not use the force theory, but rather a
democracy. The Force theory would not be best fit for the United States because with one
person having all control, the people of the United States would not have a government
that would not be able to exercise their amendments.
