Charles Montesquieu by Cooper Gilson https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c Cooper Gilson Period 3 en-us 2017-08-10 20:46:31 UTC 2017-08-10 21:22:33 UTC hello@padlet.com How Charles Montesquieu's ideas are still seen in America gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180660937 2017-08-10 20:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180660937 gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661058 2017-08-10 20:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661058 The Spirit of the Laws (1748) gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661136 Charles Montesquieu wrote a book about the separation of powers in government and a proposal for the creation of "checks and balances" and the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judiciary. Our founding fathers put checks and balances into the Constitution to insure the safety of the people's natural rights.]]> 2017-08-10 20:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661136 Separation of Powers gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661608 This insured no group or individual would acquire total control of a nation's government]]> 2017-08-10 20:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661608 Three Branches of Government gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661786 Legislative - makes the laws
Executive - enforces the laws
Judiciary - interprets the laws

All of which are found in our governing system in America. Each branch checks one another thus balancing each others power.]]> 2017-08-10 20:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180661786 The Three Types of Government gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180662009 Montesquieu talked about monarchy, dictatorship, and democracy and how these are the three types of government throughout the world. Montesquieu's beliefs line up with how a democratic government would operate. ]]> 2017-08-10 21:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180662009 Montesquieu's Beliefs in the U.S. Constitution gilson_cooper https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180662622 Our founding fathers feared their nation would stray towards a "direct democracy." So, as they wrote up the Constitution, they intended for America's government to be founded on representative republic principles but as time went on, democratic practices started to find their way into American politics. Thus changing the intentions of our founding fathers. America's government is now called a "representative democracy."]]> 2017-08-10 21:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gilson_cooper/16ytfw456p4c/wish/180662622