Montesquieu's Bingo

This bingo card has a free space and 24 words: Republic, Monarchy, Despotism., Suitable for small populations, state governed by the citizens., Suitable for moderate sized populations, a King is in rule and has varying levels of power., Suitable for large populations, Absolute power controlled by one person., Legislature, Executive, Judicial., Create laws, controls taxes, relies on other branches to finalize proposed laws., Enforce laws, have a head of state, power to veto laws created by the legislature., Interpret laws, decide if proposed laws are constitutional, take information from other branches are translate it to the public, dispute cases., The Spirit of Law., About 20 years., No single branch of government has too much power., By each branch having its own way to “check” each other, such as the judicial branch making sure a proposed legislative law follows the constitution., Checks and balances., Montesquieu was a French political philosopher who was known for his theory on the separation of powers., The Persian Letters., Figuring out how to protect political liberty., One person would gain too much power and lead to a tyrannical despotism., John Locke., A philosophical movement that moved away from religious ideas and focused more on rationality., The Framers used the ideas of checks and balances, and having three branches of government., Three political regimes, three branches of government, checks and balances, importance of separation of powers., “A tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety.”, 1748. and Controversial and successful, condemnation from catholic churches in 1751..

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