In which type of government is a small group of people elected to represent a larger group? autocracy oligarchy direct democracy indirect democracy

Oligarchy.

The word oligarchy is a Greek word which means "few to rule" defines a situation when power or command of a government or an entity lies in the hands of a few privileged persons or individuals. This could be a religious group, military, nobility, political or even wealthy family ties who preserve command and power within themselves. In such cases power is maintained in the group and passed from one generation to the next or through the relationship established between themselves.

The Oligarchy power structure  is considered tyrannical because it depends on the obedience or oppression of the ruled (majority/ larger group) to continue existing. They rely basically on the imposition of rules, decrees and the exploitation of basic human rights to maintain their vested interests.

Plutocracy is another term commonly used in modern times similar in meaning.

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.

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