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... However, upon reading the article, “The Godfather of the American Constitution,” from the Western Civilization supplemental text, I now see that there can be quite a difference in two author’s renditions of the same subject. ...
The article, “The Godfather of the American Constitution,” is about the man Baron de Montesquieu. ... Montesquieu had three children. ... Montesquieu wrote many papers, including some on echoes, the transparency of objects, and the uses of kidney glands. ... Montesquieu, was in a sense, making fun of the upper class in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV. ...
His most important work was the one that influenced our American Constitution very much. ... In summary, it was Montesquieu’s observations of the past and present. ... The part that most impacted American Constitution writers was the one about the separation of powers in government. ... Yet this is a little ironic, because these same colonies were where Montesquieu’s ideas took the most hold. ... The constitution of England, did protect them in some ways. ... They liked Montesquieu’s type of government. ... These ideas would be the basis for America’s first constitution.
The writers of the constitution were well versed in Montesquieu’s ideas. ... His evidence was explained in Montesquieu’s idea of “practical moderation. ... ”
The author of this article regarded Montesquieu highly. ...
When presented with the information in the text about Montesquieu, I see another version of the same topic. ...
The article included many details about Montesquieu’s life, both personal and business. ...
The first book by Montesquieu mentioned in both the article and the text was The Persian Letters. ... They also spoke of Montesquieu’s admiration of the British constitution. ... The article centered more on the part of The Sprit of Laws, that dealt directly with our American Constitution. ...
The text talked about how France felt toward Montesquieu. ... The article also left out an explanation of Montesquieu’s ideal government. ...
Where the article was based on how his ideas in The Sprit of Laws effected our constitution, the text only touched on it in a few paragraphs. ... It only spoke of how the ideas of constitution could work for America. The text pointed how how he made a mistake in giving support for the British constitution. ... They used an example of Montesquieu.
By reading the article and the textbook I got two similar, but different ideas of Montesquieu’s life. ...
The textbook was giving the topic of Montesquieu only a small area of the page. ... The article was making him glorified since, in the author’s opinion he was such an integral part of our constitution. It would not make a very good article if all he did was trash the man whose ideas this country’s constitution is based on.
Approximate Word count = 2174
Approximate Pages = 8.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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