Government- the ruling authority for a community.
Gradually groups gained full citizenship.
Over the centuries, other ideas about citizenship replaced the Greek and Rome views.
Voting is what happens when people need a new leader for the government.
Each different type of government is different.
Revolutionary thinkers in America brought back the ancient ideas, with some changes to the old definition of citizenship.
Native Americans were last to gain citizenship.
Members of groups that make decisions for the nation is an oligarchy.
Equality is important in a government.
Nations cannot function properly without governments.
The idea that the power of the government comes from the people governed is known as "consent of government."
