Gov A - Political systems

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The role of government in society has evolved over thousands of years.

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To manage, organize, and protect large areas of land, broad resources, and growing populations. Governments needed to become larger and more active. This shift also made governments more complex.

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From the authoritarian government of the Egyptian Pharaohs and early democracy in ancient Greece to modern democracies and dictatorships,

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government is a constantly changing system. It's important to remember that many variations of

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government can exist within authoritarian and democratic systems. For instance, the United States has a federal, presidential,

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constitutional republic. Power is divided between the federal or national government and the governments of the states. Citizens elect a president and legislature to represent them in the federal government.

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That makes the United States a republic or a nation that follows the representative democracy of republicanism as a model for governing. The president, legislature, and other federal government authorities are bound to a constitutional structure. This system of government has provided US citizens with freedom and equal rights before the law. Many nations around the world have since adopted variations similar to the US political system.