Why was the government made?

Answer 1

Groups of people have choices to make. Two people living in complete isolation would figure out a way to live together and share responsibilities. Ten or 12 might be able to do the same thing. These would be forms of simple democracy, unless there is a real power hog among them. When you are talking about dozens, or thousands or millions of people, there is a need for order, and sometimes the greater good (optimum order for everyone) will mean that an individual's freedoms will have to be curtailed in some ways. Government comes in when the group realizes that some form of order will have to be imposed, and some individuals will have to represent some groups in forums that will make what they believe are the best decisions for everyone. Alternatively, sometimes tyrants or hereditary rulers manage to wrest power from the population and keep it by using military or religious threats to keep the people in line. It seems that some form of representative government is looking more and more attractive to people in several nations near the Mediterranean and northern regions of Africa. Or, at least, people are tired of supposedly elected officials deciding that they have the right to rule for ever.

In the US, the people decided that dictates from European monarchs were becoming oppressive, and they faced some decisions about what kind of order should be put in place.

Answer 2

Government Was made to enforce laws to keep us safe.