How did montesquieu's reflect john locke's ideas about government

How did John Locke and Montesquieu influence the American colonists? Montesquieu believed that a government should not be controlled by a particular group, influencing the government to consist of 3 branches of government in separation of powers. Locke's ideas were the basis for the Declaration of Independence.

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for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.