Yes, Thomas Jefferson had defeated pirates from North Africa during the Barbary War. He was responsible for doubling the size of the United States by successfully brokering the Louisiana Purchase. He also founded the University of Virginia. As well as was the founder of the Declaration of Independence.
20 increased by 12.5% is 22.5
<u> B. A government's powers should be separated among different branches of government.</u>
Baron de Montesquieu was a French political philosopher often remembered for his work of a treatise on political theory, called <em>The Spirit of the Laws</em> (1748), in which he established and promoted the idea that the government should be separated into three different branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. All of which should rule under the law and must check each other’s power in order to prevent corruption or abuses of power.
The answer to this question, is the Barons :D