HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Political Action Committee, Nonprofit Organization, Publicly Funded Elections
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Goal is to have a perfect balance of rule by one, rule by a few, and rule by many. States, we have the president, congress, and the people fill these roles. A few top leaders make all the decisions. Those who control the means of production control the government. One of the first to theorize the social. Theorized that people had rights to life, contract: people give up liberties in return for liberty, and property. It is the right of the government protection. Wrote leviathan. people to break the social contract when a government fails to protect their rights. True purpose was getting the in the middle to join the pro-war. (america was split in its support for going to war with the british. ) National government could not raise thirteen states. an army. Divided power would ensure a monarchy would never come to power. Managed land disputes--won war & extremely difficult. peace .
