American Government “Purposes of Government” The United States Government has six main purposes. They are as follows: to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to ensure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty. Evidence of these purposes can be found in a number of places. News articles are an example of one of these places. The first article I chose …showed first 75 words of 602 total…

…showed last 75 words of 602 total…purposes of the government. These purposes are establishing justice and promoting the general welfare. The cases are to put terrorists away because of acts they committed and therefore are establishing justice. These cases can also be used to aid our efforts in our “War on Terrorism” and hence can be examples of promoting the general welfare of the people. The six purposes of government are used all the time and can be found all over.