Meet the Baron de Montesquieu, one of the great thinkers of the 18th century. He spent a lot of time thinking about how governments should be created and maintained. These ideas guided the Founding Fathers when they wrote the Constitution and continue to influence the way people think about government around the world.

Concepts

checks and balances

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Additional Tags

separation of powers, charles louis de secondat, enlightenment thinkers, icivics: montesquieu mini-lesson, baron de montesquieu

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional