They went to war to break away from the British government and finally be recognized as an independent country
Edwin Drake was the first person
According to Thomas Hobbes individuals ceded some of their individual rights - natural freedom - for the security that a government would cause. This created the State, an entity that would protect them by creating laws to regulate social interactions.
I think that so far in Antigone the main thing so far is tragedy. I mean wit suicide and incest and murder. Going behind king Creon's back to throw a funeral that's really all I see right now