Which action would the Enlightenment philosopher Baron Charles de

Montesquieu most strongly support?

A. A political leader serves as both a legislator and a judge for a

country's highest court.

B. A president implements several popular laws after the legislature

refuses to approve them

C. A country adopts a constitution that divides its government into

branches with equal power.

D. A government places high taxes on wealthy citizens and

redistributes the money to the poor.

C. A country adopts the constitution that divides its government into branches of equal power.

Explanation:

Montesquieu was a french philosopher who contributed to the political theory with his work Spirit of Laws. He wrote about the tripartite system in which the power should be divided among the legislature, executive and judiciary. He supported a form of government which was not centralised. His model was based on the British constitutional system and the constitution of Roman republic. He argued that during the Roman Republic the powers were separated to prevent any one person from taking over the government. He emphasised that judiciary should be really independent because it is the most important of other two.