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Baron de Montesquieu

Baron de Montesquieu. By Kat Staley, Jamie Shirtz and Kaitie Hess. Biography. Born Jan. 18, 1689 in La Brede, France to a wealthy family Sent to Tully, near Paris to receive a classical education Became lawyer Marries Jeanne de Latrigue and recieves great wealth

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Baron de Montesquieu

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  1. Baron de Montesquieu By Kat Staley, Jamie Shirtz and Kaitie Hess

  2. Biography • Born Jan. 18, 1689 in La Brede, Franceto a wealthy family • Sent to Tully, near Paris to receive a classical education • Became lawyer • Marries Jeanne de Latrigue and recieves great wealth • Uncle dies, leaving him his title, fortune, and office • Publishes his work, including “Persian Letters” and “The Spirit of Laws” • Dies February 10 in Bordeaux

  3. Philosophical Ideas People Cannot Govern Themselves: • Solid government ruling over people • Freedom is the right to be left alone • England’s government was well off

  4. Philosophical Ideas Humankind is Bad: • Savage without art or science • “Eat or be eaten” • Civilizations devour each other

  5. Beliefs in Government • Best form of government: one in which power is balanced among three groups of officials -contributed checks and balances 1.) Executive - enforced laws- King, President 2.) Legislative - made laws- Parliament, Congress 3.) Judicial – interprets laws- Supreme Court, English Court

  6. Beliefs in Government • Contributed New Ideas: - political liberty- people have the right “to do what one should want to do, and not being forced to do what one should not want to do” - laws are not divinely inspired-they evolved naturally out of life - “the separation of power”: balancing power so one does not abuse it

  7. Affect on the Revolution • Colonists struggling under taxes and restrictions • Beliefs quoted in the media to support colonists’ protest • Use model government and constitution to contradict English government • “They should be adapted in such a manner to the people for whom they are framed that it should be a great chance if those of one nation suit another”

  8. Work Cited Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu. Law Brain, 11 Dec. 2009. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://lawbrain.com/wiki/Baron_de_la_Br%C3%A8de_et_de_Montesquieu>. “Charles de Montesquieu.” Liberal Internation. Liberal International, 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.liberal- international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=675>. Montesquieu. Cartage, n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/biographies/mainbiographies/m/monte squieu/1.html>. Schaub, Diana. “Montesquieu’s Popular Science.” The New Atlantis - Montesquieu. The Center for the Study of Technology and Society, 2008. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/montesquieus-popular-science>. “Spirit of Laws - 1748.” Montesquieu, Natural Law, and Natural Rights. The Witherspoon Institute, 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.nlnrac.org/earlymodern/montesquieu/primary-source- documents>.

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