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In 1-2 sentences, discuss the motive for the U.S. founders to focus on Montesquieu's and Rousseau's ideas as a basis for their new governmental foundations.
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The founders drew on Montesquieu’s emphasis on separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent concentration of authority and guard against tyranny. They turned to Rousseau’s social-contract and popular-sovereignty ideas to justify a republican government based on the consent of the governed and protection of individual liberties.
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