Why was it significant that during the scientific revolution, universities were able to make their own decisions without religious or government interference?

a. it universities grow extremely wealthy, allowing them to wield more political power than the catholic church.
b. it gave scientists the freedom to explore new ideas, even if they contradicted traditional or religious beliefs.
c. it slowed the scientific revolution by preventing new ideas from leaving universities and reaching the general public.
d. it resulted in the scientific revolution occurring only in countries that were influenced by the catholic church.

The correct answer is B.

The age of Enlightment and reason, gave rise to the development of the scientific revolution, which broke with centuries of religious dogmatism and with many instutions of the Ancient regime that laid on these foundations, such as the absolute monarchies that ruled most European countries, and that were overturn in many countries such as in France, after the French Revolution.

Scientific development of knowledge also drastically changed during the age of reason, and new ideas could be investigated even tough they were opposite to traditional religious beliefs.

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is

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