HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Founding fathers of the American democracy borrowed ____ ‘s idea of separation of powers and checks and balances when writing the US Constitution.
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Montesquieu
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Hobbes
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Rousseau
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Voltaire
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Doctrine of Separation of Powers The first modern formulation of the doctrine was that of the French writer Montesquieu in 1748, although the English philosopher John Locke had earlier argued that the legislative power should be divided between king and Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -Montesquieu, in full Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, (born January 18, 1689, Château La Brède, near Bordeaux, France-died February 10, 1755, Paris), French political philosopher whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory.
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