Question: Force Theory

Answer: the state was born of force. One person or small group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to submit.

Question: Evolutionary Theory

Answer: The state developed naturally out of the early family

Question: Divine Right Theory

Answer: God had created the state and that God had created had given those of royal birth a “divine right” to rule

Question: Social Contract Theory

Answer: The state arose out of a voluntary act of free people. it holds that the state exists only to serve the will of the people, that they are the sole source of political power and they are free to give or to withhold that power as they choose.