Question

The United States government is divided into three parts known as the

executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Each branch of government has
powers and responsibilities that the others do not which divides political
power in the United States. This arrangement is most similar to a model
created by which of these Enlightenment thinkers?

Answer 1

This division of functions and responsibilities is a practical application of the principle of separation of powers, an important idea of the Enlightenment. It is conceived as a mechanism to avoid tyranny, to prevent excesive power by an individual ruler. The most important thinker who advocated the separation of powers is Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron of Montesquieu, a French political philosopher.

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