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The Three Branches of Government Rap Viseo

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The Three Branches of Government Rap Viseo

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He claimed that a government should
be divided into separate branches to protect
people's freedom. In the idea of a split government, each of the branches would limit each others power. Each shares the power, not one branch can take complete control over the government.

Montesquieu's ideas can be reviewed in The
Spirit of the Laws, which was published in 1748. His thinking is seen today in America because, we have three branches of government(Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.)

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He believed
in popular sovereignty,
the idea that governments should express the will of the people. According to Rousseau, citizens submit to the authority of government to protect their own interests, entering into a "social contract."

His ideas were were displayed in The Social Contract published in 1762. This contract allows the government to enforce laws, as long as it serves the people. If the government doesn't serve the people then it should give up it's power.

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Locke believed in various different concepts. He believed in natural rights, limited government powers, and equal laws and rights.

These ideas are displayed in The Declaration of Independence. Although Locke didn't right the document, the concepts were his. Thomas Jefferson had just used Locke's ideas as his own work.

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She argued that women should have the same rights as men, in her written works.

Although still not complete, America has the Equal Rights Amendment. This gives the women and men of the United States a chance at everything.

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He said people should have freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

In America we have freedom of speech because people can protest against the president. The First Amendment gives U.S. citizens the guarantee of religious liberty for people of all faiths and none.

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People used reason to improve their lives and change their government