may 14, 1748 - The Spirit of Laws {written by Baron de Montesquieu} published during this time

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Montesquieu published "The Spirit of Laws" which he discusses government throughout history. he also claims that the best way to protect liberty was dividing functions and powers into three branches; legislative, executive, and judicial. this was added into the american constitution for their form of gov.

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