In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
A) Thomas Hobbes
B) Alexis de Tocqueville
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) Niccolò Machiavelli
E) Baron de Montesquieu

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Alexis de Tocqueville was a French sociologist and political theorist who wrote "Democracy in America" after the establishment of the American democratic republic, making his contributions not a source for the Founding Fathers.

In Establishing the American Democratic Republic, the Founding Fathers Borrowed