https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde en-us 2018-04-06 19:49:16 UTC 2023-02-10 03:47:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 19drisemi https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358459 -Born in 1689

-Lived in Italy, England, and France

-French writer who devoted himself to the study of Political Liberty

-Died in 1755]]> 2018-04-06 19:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358459 19drisemi https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358524 -On the Spirit of Laws:
Proposed that separation of       powers would keep any individual or group from gaining control of the government

-Persian Letters]]> 2018-04-06 19:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358524 19drisemi https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358627 -Montesquieu believed that Britain was the best governed and most politically balanced country of that time

-3 branches of government:
       Executive (King and Ministers)
       Legislative (Parliament)
       Judicial (Judges of English Court)

-While laws work to protect citizens from abusive rulers, Montesquieu argued that they also guard against anarchy]]> 2018-04-06 19:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358627 19drisemi https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358681 -"Power should be a check to power"

This quote later became the system of checks and balances]]> 2018-04-06 19:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249358681 19drisemi https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249361468 Textbook (page 631)

Bok, Hilary. "Baron De Montesquieu, Charles-Louis De Secondat." Plato.stanford.edu. N. p., 2003. Web. 6 Apr. 2018.]]> 2018-04-06 20:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249361468 19drisemi https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249362386 2018-04-06 20:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/19drisemi/m58dmssl4rde/wish/249362386