Is America A Republic Or A Democracy

America, the land of the free and home of the brave. Our country is so wonderful that people from all over the world long to come and live here. Our founding fathers spent years studying and forming a great government. So, which way did they go? Are we a republic, or a democracy?

There are four different forms of government. There is the republic, the democracy, the dictatorship, and the anarchy. Studies show that nations attempt to start as a republic and go through the list. Republics are dependant on the people. Nothing goes without their say. A democracy has no constraints on the government. This tends to come about when the people become lazy, and let the government take control. People start to not care and become distracted with other things. The similarities are that they let people have a say in the choices that are made. People are still represented …show more content…
The thing about a democracy is sovereignty is held by the population as a whole, while in a republic each person is represented equally and individually. The US is a republic because the elected is supposed to represent the people within the law, and create laws to address the concerns of the people. People commonly confuse direct democracy with representative democracy. The US is officially representative. Many people believe that we live in a democracy, but i am under the impression that it started like a rumor. Someone did a little research and realized what a democracy was and decided it kind of sounded like America. Then they told someone and then that person told someone and it just went on from there. There are too many lazy people in America that don’t find it necessary to find stuff for yourself. They hear something and take it for gospel. They tend to disregard the small things like “... and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands… .” our nation was intended to be a