Intellectul movement that changed the thinking in the colonies

The ideals of the Enlightenment had a major impact on the colonists and the founding fathers of the United States used many of these ideas in their new government. Major elements of our democracy, such as “separation of powers” and “checks and balances” came from Enlightenment writers like Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire. Even Thomas Jefferson’s famous phrase “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” from the Declaration of Independence was adapted from John Locke’s phrase “Life, Liberty, and Property.”

c 3 branches because idk why they had 3 well when:

you think of it there are still contrys with 3

the nationalists wanted a strong central government so the new country wouldn't fall apart.

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