Answer:
Baron de Montesquieu; the Federalists & the Anti-Federalists
Step-by-step explanation:
Montesquieu was an enlightnment thinker. He influenced the ideas separation of powers and checks and balances. He believed that if the government had too much power, it would become tyrannical. The colonists were influenced by this idea and included checks and balances in the Constitution to prevent one of the three branches from gaining too much power.
The federalists and the anti-federalists influenced the making of the Constitution and the destruction of the Articles of Confederation. The federalists believed that the Articles of Confederation were too weak to fit the needs of the new nation and that a new one should be created in its place (the Constitution). In contrast, the anti-federalists believed that the Articles of Confederation should not be destroyed, but rather amended. This dispute eventually led to the creation of the federalist papers, which are important historical documents, and to the creation of the Constitution. These two groups also eventually became the Democrats and Republicans.