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So No Branch Gets Too Powerful; Each Is Balanced

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Which principle says the government should be separated?

that of separation of powers


Why did Montesquieu believe that the powers of republican government should be separated among different branches or groups in the government?

because he believed that the powers of the republican government should be separated among different branches or groups in the government because he felt that no single branch could control the entire government if its powers were separated balanced and checked. then no single branch could use the government for its own selfish purposes. the result would be a government that would promote the common welfare.


which idea is baron de Montesquieu most closely associated with?

D. A governments powers should be separated among different branches of government.


The constitution divides the powers and responsibilities of government into three parts. This divisionis called?

The three parts of government that are separated in the Constitution are known as the separation of powers. The three branches of the government, legislative, executive, and judicial, each have assigned duties, and each can exercise a series of checks and balances to assure, no one portion of the government usurps the powers of the others.


What areThe three powers of government?

Every government holds the basic powers: Legislative power (the powe3r to make laws and to frame public policies), Executive power (the power to execte, enforce, andminister laws), and Judicial power (the power to interpret laws, to dermine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society).