 He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word "despotism" in the political lexicon.His anonymously-published "The Spirit of Law" in 1748, which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced the Founding Fathers in drafting the United States Constitution.Montesquieu was born at the Château de la Brède in southwest France, south of Bordeaux.