WORLD HISTORY

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: -He conceived the idea of separating government authority into the three major branches: executive, legislative and judicial. This perspective significantly influenced the authors of the Constitution in establishing laws and division of duties, and also in the inclusion of provisions to preserve individual liberties.

Detailed explanation-3: –Montesquieu’s writings sparked the French Revolution by instilling a desire for liberty.-Before the French Revolution, Montesquieu existed. He was a nobleman who acted as a member of a local French legislature to shield citizens from the French King’s abuses.

Detailed explanation-4: -“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”

Detailed explanation-5: -In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.