THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Montesquieu’s writings attacked the feudalistic basis of French society. He argued as Locke and Thomas Jefferson that all people were created equal. If the King did not have the right to rule, then the people had the right to rebel which they did.
Detailed explanation-2: -Montesquieu’s two most important works are the Persian Letters and The Spirit of the Laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -Montesquieu : He was a French thinker and author of book “ The spirit of Laws". He believed that executive, legislative and judicial powers should not be concentrated in single person as it leads to dictatorial rule. He stressed on the principle of separation of power and individual liberty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Montesquieu’s beliefs were often concerned with political and legal issues. He was an advocate for limited government, in which rulers were bound to follow laws. Montesquieu’s philosophy also argued that power should be decentralized, and he thus introduced the idea of separation of powers.