2. What is sovereignty
Sovereignty is the authority to make rules and
run a state. A sovereignty has the power to
make laws and the right to expect people to
obey them. In the past , European kings and
queens had Supreme Power over the citizens.
Whatever laws a king made bad to be kept by
the people-and the king had the power to make
sure the laws were obeyed. Today, when we
vote people into office, we give them the
sovereign authority to make decisions on behalf
of the people.
3. land=power
Sovereignty is closely connected to owning land.
Landowners have the right to rule over the people
who live on the land, and have control of the
resources their land provides (such as oil, gold, or
farm produce ).parliaments act as landowners, but a
monarchs (king or queen ) actually owns land-usually
the monarchs is the biggest landowner in the
kingdom. In the past monarchs have acquired land
through marrying other royalty and combining
kingdom, or by invading another country. Explorers
also claimed lands for their sovereign.
4. TRIBAL BEGINNNINGS the
law of the land
Modern county borders have swallowed up old tribal
territories. Tribal leaders may still make the decisions
that their people follow, but they must also abide by
the laws of the land. For example, Native American
tribes in the United Sates are allowed to govern
themselves-but like any other citizen, the members of
the tribe are not allowed to break the laws of their
county.
5. From Tribes To Classes
Tribes were often nomadic, moving to find new pastures
or better weather. Over time they settled in one place-and
that led to people owning the land. In turn, this led to a
system of classes: the upper classes owned farmland,
which was then the sources of wealth and power. Middle
classes could own a houses, but no farmland. The lower
classes owned no land at all.
