The Basic Forms of Government and Examples in History

I saw this video on Sodahead and was not able to pull it up here on youtube, so I am reposting. I do not know who created the video, but will give credit as soon as I discover who did.The video introduces the Basic Forms of Government: Monarchy - Rule by one, Oligarchy - Rule by a few (generally elite), Democracy - Rule by the majority of the people, Republic - Rule by law, and Anarchy - No rules and no rulers.In the United States of America our forefathers reflected on and debated these forms of government and deliberately chose a Republic with checks and balances within the system so that no one small group could write or re-write the laws to their advantage. Quotes from the video:"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government.""We can keep our Republic, as Franklin put it, or we will inevitably end up with an Oligarchy, a tyranny of the elite." My source for the video: http://www.sodahead.com/questi...

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: susanmarie8

Length: 10:36
Rating: 5.00
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Tags: Anarchists  Anarchy  Communism  Communists  Constitution  Democracy  Fascism  Fascists  Nazism  Oligarchy  Republic  Socialism  

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