HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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public elections
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branches of government
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the Bill of Rights
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representatives
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Founding Fathers, most especially James Madison, drew upon Montesquieu’s theory of the separation of powers when drafting the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Montesquieu took time to do his research, which helped make his work so powerful and long lasting. His idea of the separation of powers clearly inspired the United States’ Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Two prominent thinkers, one directly and one indirectly, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States. These men were Thomas Paine and John Locke.
Detailed explanation-5: -Montesquieu was a French lawyer, man of letters, and one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory that was first published anonymously by Montesquieu in 1748.