During History class today, a group discussion took place about the homework sheet we were given during the long holiday weekend. This worksheet was titled "Why we have a National Government". The discussion we held was all about answering this question our worksheet provided. Eventually, our class came to the decision that a reason we have a nationalist government is to keep all states within a same group of national laws, meaning that although some laws do differ between states, there is a set of federal laws that all citizens of the U.S. must follow. This topic lead us to discussing the question; Do people move to different states in order to benefit from that state not having a certain law, and if so, does that mean people in each state are bound together by a shared desire of freedom from that law? An example of this is when people move from Massachusetts to New Hampshire in order to avoid wearing helmets, do all citizens of New Hampshire share this wild desire to keep their heads helmet-free? In the end, we came to the conclusion that citizens of certain states are not all bound together by the common desire to not have a certain law, otherwise each state would be filled with citizens lacking diversity among themselves. One state would be filled with a certain kind of people, while another state would be filled with a completely different kind of people.
The discussion that took place in History class today resembled a discussion that would be held by a national government deciding on a new law. In our conversation, our class elaborated on one idea, just as a national government would elaborate on a new law. We discussed the issues of this idea, the problems there were with it, and the positive outcome this idea could have, just like a national government would with a new law.
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