Many states refused to ratify the constitution unless

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C - A general listing of the rights of the people were added to it.

The Constitution was sent to the states for ratification in September 1787.  It was necessary that nine of the 13 states had to ratify the Constitution for it to become valid on those ratifying states. Soon, a debate arose among those who contended that the Constitution should be adopted (Federalists) and those who argued against it, who were called Anti-Federalists.

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.

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