**4 main sections of the Declaration of Independence: 1) beginning is the Preamble, where colonists justify their right to rebel. 2) next is the declaration of "Natural Rights," discussed the "natural" rights all people are born with. 3) After that, is the List of Grievances which lists all of the ways in which King George III failed to protect the rights of the colonists. 4) The Declaration lastly, has the "Resolution of Independence," that the colonies are separating from England and becoming an independent country.
Montesquieu believed that government power should be divided between different branches, much like the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in the United States
