EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Three levels of government (local, state, and federal)
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Three levels of the judiciary (district, appellate, and supreme court
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Three civil protections (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
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Three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first modern formulation of the doctrine was that of the French political philosopher Montesquieu in De l’esprit des lois (1748; The Spirit of Laws), although the English philosopher John Locke had earlier argued that legislative power should be divided between king and Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
Detailed explanation-3: -In it, Montesquieu pleaded in favor of a constitutional system of government and the separation of powers, the ending of slavery, the preservation of civil liberties and the law, and the idea that political institutions ought to reflect the social and geographical aspects of each community.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the view of Montesquieu: “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or int he same body or Magistrate, there can be no liberty. Again, there is no liberty if the judicial power is not separated from the Legislative and Executive power.