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How did Baron de Montesquieu's theories contribute to the American Revolution and Declaration of Independence?
Montesquieu saw despotism, in particular, as a standing danger for any government not already despotic, and argued that it could best be prevented by a system in which different bodies exercised legislative, executive, and judicial power, and in which all those bodies were bound by the rule of law. This theory of the separation of powers had an enormous impact on liberal political theory, and on the framers of the constitution of the United States of America.
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How did John Locke's theories contribute to the American Revolution and Declaration of Independence?
Power comes from the consent of the governed
Who were the people selected to draft the Declaration of Independence?
The so-called Committee of Five that was selected to draft the Declaration consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman. Jefferson did the entire initial draft. Adams and Franklin made some changes before it was submitted to Congress. Sherman and Livingston did not contribute to the drafting itself.
What is one way that American Revolution contribute to the start of the French Revolution?
the cost of supporting the american revolution caused the french king to propose tax increases
How did baron Friedrich vo stuben contribute the American revolution?
he helped contribute in the war by helping the young soldiers how to march correctly, how to prepare a gun properly.
Who was the Massachusetts delegate who helped write the Declaration of Independence?
Robert R. Livingston was one of the Committee of Five that the Second Continental put together to write the Declaration of Independence; however he did not contribute anything to its content and he did not sign it either. He did vote for adoption of the final draft on July 4, 1776, but only John Hancock and Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Convention, signed on that day. The document was prepared for signatures by the other delegates, most of whom signed it on August 2, 1776. The ironic thing about Livingston is he never got to sign it. He was recalled to New York before August 2 and simply wasn't there to sign it even though he was on the Committee to write it.
