What makes a government action legitimate?

It is a Government of the People, by the People and for the

people, Open and Transparent. All its laws and actions there of are

revealed to the people in a public manner, not kept secret from

 them. President J.F. Kennedy, in his speeches to the People, spoke

of secrecy that was within our US Government, was not to be

tolerated. After those speeches to the people he was Assassinated   for his revealing of such maters. The powers that were controlling

the US Government at that time did not want their secrecy to be

revealed to the people nor did they want to lose that secret and   corrupt power.   A Legitimate government has to respect the majority's will

without stomping on the rights of the minority. Our founding

fathers did so by establishing a democracy with a bill of rights.

In this way, majorities could have certain things done, but without   stomping on the rights of everyone else.  On the contrary, many governments that no one can consider   illegitimate (e.g. Hitler's and Stalin's regimes) have in no way  consisted of such ideals. A more accurate definition of a  legitimate government then perhaps is any situation in which a   person or persons are subservient to another person or persons.

This accounts for those governments that were corrupt with avarice

still proved legitimate governments.

Explanation:

especially research the treaty of greenville and the treaty of colerain in washington's administration.   also research at least one significant treaty from the administrations of adams, jefferson, and madison. tell the outcome of each treaty and how it did or did not in the further development of the west.

treaty of greenville (1814) the treaty of greenville (1814) was called a treaty of peace and friendship between the united states of america and the tribes of native americans called the wyandots, delawares, shawanoese, senacas and miamies.

the treaty of colerain was signed at st. marys, georgia in camden county, georgia, by benjamin hawkins, george clymer, and andrew pickens for the united states and representatives of the creek nation, for whom indian trader langley bryant served as an interpreter, on june 29, 1796, proclaimed on march 18, 1797, and codified as 7 stat. 56. colerain was a small community and the site of a u.s. indian factory founded by james seagrove.  

this treaty affirmed the binding of the treaty of new york (1790). the treaties of hopewell and the treaty of holston (1791) established boundary lines between the choctaws, chickasaws, cherokee, and the u.s. the treaty of colerain bound the creek nation to acknowledge the boundaries established in those treaties.  

it also established the boundary line between the creek nation and the united states. at the time of this treaty, the boundaries between spanish florida and the u.s. had not yet been established. this treaty formally allowed the creek chiefs to acknowledge the negotiation for delineating the georgia-florida boundary with spain.  

the treaty contained a provision that the president of the u.s. may establish a trading or military outpost.  

the united states demanded that the creeks give up their american prisoners and also return all "citizens, white inhabitants, negroes and property" taken by the creeks.  

the treaty describes when it would take effect. after the treaty had been signed but not yet promulgated, the u.s. senate requested modification of two articles of the treaty. the first modification stipulated that the military or trading posts would be under the control of the united states. the second modification stipulated that if the u.s. no longer required the use of those posts, the locations would revert to the creek people.  

originally he was supposed to be dead but they wanted to continue the series so they brought him back to life.