Throughout history, a basic purpose of government

has been to provide

(1) equal rights for all people

(2) laws to maintain order

(3) representation for all social classes

(4) separate political and religious systems

Throughout history, a basic purpose of government has been to provide (2) laws to maintain order. Although we can also dispute (1) that government has a basic purpose to provide equal rights for all people. The definition of government is a system by which the state or community is controlled. Governments can take many different forms and can have different regime types.