Which enlightenment philosopher first popularized the concept of separation of powers among government branches?

Baron de Montesquieu

Montesquieu was a French political philosopher (1689-1755), very famous for popularizing the separation of powers, in his work The Spirit of the Laws (1748), a treatise on political theory.

In the treatise, the philosopher describes the three types of government: democracy, republic, monarchy and despotism, and supported the separation of powers into three branches: legislative, executive, and judiciary branch which should rule under the law and check each other’s power, preventing from corruption.

This theory set the base for many of the actual governments.

special interest groups must step back and let the process work itself out a representative can amend it at several points in the congressional staffers must do homework and report to the floor on what they 've learned

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.