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montesquieus separate powers
. legislative: makes laws
. executive: enforces laws
. judicial: judges upon the laws
this division of the government would ensure no one group could gain unlimited power, and each branch would keep the powers of the others constrained. this would maximize the peoples freedom.
why were rousseaus ideas controversial and revolutionary for his time?
he wanted to separate the governments powers to limit their authority.
he supported the right of the people to revolt against corrupt leaders.
he wanted to kill all monarchs, even benevolent and responsible ones.
Rousseau believed in the general will of the people and that when leaders are corrupt and go against the common - good, the people have the right to revolt. This was revolutionary as it challenged the existing power structures and the divine - right of kings ideology. The idea of separation of powers was Montesquieu's, not Rousseau's, and there is no evidence that Rousseau wanted to kill all monarchs.
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B. He supported the right of the people to revolt against corrupt leaders.