The enlightenment thinker baron de montesquieu came up with the idea of the natural rights of all people. using a revolution to obtain citizens’ rights. the separation of the government’s powers. a social contract between government and people.

Which statement best summarizes the colonial system belgium created in the congo free state? o a. belgians relied on threats and brutal violence to force natives to work on rubber plantations, o b. belgians encouraged mass immigration from europe to force natives from their lands. o c. belgians improve local economies but stripped natives of their political rights. d. belgians offered natives political equality only if they gave up their traditional beliefs