| Why should we have government? Why do we have laws? These are all questions that many people ask, but every one needs a leader, a president, a king or queen. Right? If not every one would be out of control and doing what ever we want, which to some people is a good thing and to others it is the worst thing they could ever imagine. So I am here to explain the government and laws. Three Types of Government: 2. Republic | |
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A monarchy consists of rule by a king or queen. Sometimes a king is called an "emperor," especially if there is a large empire, such as China before 1911. There are no large monarchies today. The United Kingdom, which has a queen, is really a republic because the queen has virtually no political power. | |
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An aristocracy is rule by the aristocrats. Aristocrats are typically wealthy, educated people. Many monarchies have really been ruled by aristocrats. Republic Government: The republic government is put together by a country or a state or a content. All "democracies" are republic.The USA is put together as a republic government, so every four years the US votes for a person to run as president. Many people run for president, yet not all of them can be president. An example of a republic government is back in 2008 the US voted on a president. That is pretty much what a republic government is. Monarchy Government: A Monarchy government is when there is a king or queen that rules the country sometimes it is called being an "emperor" especially if they are ruling a huge empire, like in China before 1911. Nowadays they still do have kings and queens but they are only there to represent the country and the government takes care of the laws and things that usually a president would do. Aristocracy Government: Actually an aristocracy is a person that is rich and well educated that gets many more things than a middle class or poor person, in some cases this is UN-fair but just in 1999 the UK ended this type of government. Now the UK's is a constitutional monarchy. An aristocracy government is when a rich and well educated person runs the country and decides the laws. Many monarchy's have been ruled by aristocracy's. The government is good because they put together law or the person in charge puts together the law. Laws are what keep people in line and keep people form stealing from other people. Yet sometimes people still steal form other people, that is why they get sent to prison. Stealing still happens a lot today, here are 2 true small story of what is called a robber:
Boston Museum
18th March 1990- Boston, USA: $300 million
Two men dressed as police officers convinced 2 inexperienced security guards at the Gardner Museum that they were responding to a disturbance. Contrary to museum policy, the 2 guards let the “officers” into the premises, where they quickly learned that they had been duped after being handcuffed by the men in the basement. Amazingly, the 2 men managed to do this despite having no visible weapons whatsoever. The men spent the next 81 minutes calmly selecting 12 pieces of art with a combined value of over $300 million, and this was 20 years ago. Among the paintings stolen were 3 Rembrandt’s and a Vermeer. The two then took the surveillance tapes and departed, never to be heard from again, though in 1994 an offer was made to return the paintings for $2.6 million and immunity from prosecution, but the writer was never heard from again. The men appear to possibly be amateurs, as they made no effort to avoid damaging the paintings and left even more valuable works behind. Here is a link to the article: http://listverse.com/2009/12/01/10-largest-robberies-in-history/
Central Bank of Iraq
18th March 2003- Baghdad, Iraq: $1 billion
Some robberies require careful planning. Others use brute force. But the largest in history was as simple was it was effective. Saddam Hussein treated Iraq as his own personal fiefdom, so it’s no surprise that he would feel that the Central Bank of Iraq was his personal bank account. The day before Coalition forces began bombing Iraq, he sent his son Qusay to make a withdrawal on his behalf with a handwritten note. Qusay oversaw the withdrawal of boxes stuffed with $100 bills in a five-hour operation which netted the dictator about $1 billion in US dollars. It didn’t get him very far, as he was caught sometime later hiding in a hole in the ground. Approximately $650 million was later found by US troops hidden in the walls of one of his palace’s, though the remaining $350 million has never been recovered and is considered lost. Here is a link to the article: http://listverse.com/2009/12/01/10-largest-robberies-in-history/ Nowadays many country's are run by republican governments, but there are still some country's that are aristocracy governments or monarchy governments. There are still many other governments but these type of governments were most common in the 1800-1911. | |
