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Whose work, published in 1750, became the theoretical basis for the separation of powers that is found in the federal government?

a) John Locke

b) Thomas Hobbes

c) Thomas Jefferson

d) Baron de La Montesquieu

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D) Baron de La Montesquieu
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D) Baron de La Montesquieu
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