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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Who gave the US the idea to have three branches of government and checks and balances between them?
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Beccaria
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Montesquieu
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Voltaire
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Locke
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Montesquieu concluded that the best form of government was one in which the legislative, executive, and judicial powers were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. He believed that uniting these powers, as in the monarchy of Louis XIV, would lead to despotism.
Detailed explanation-2: -French political philosopher Montesquieu was best known for The Spirit of Laws (1748), one of the great works in the history of political theory and of jurisprudence.
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