The appeasement policy is a political strategy, where one country accepts conditions imposed by other countries, thus avoiding a warlike intervention (war), also called "fear of war".
In the second world war, to avoid war with Hitler's Germany, several violations by Hitler were ignored, with the aim of preserving peace at any cost, thus sacrificing Czechoslovakia.
Most Protestant faiths developed as a leader or group fought against an idea of the Catholic Church. These movements were not popular and often created a target on those separating.
The Church of England was created by a king, Henry VIII, who was throwing a fit over the Church not granting him a divorce. Henry VIII wanted a divorce so he could remarry and get a son. The Pope would not allow it so Henry left the Church and created his own church--the Church of England--where he was the supreme head. The Church of England basically was Catholicism with a king instead of a pope. <span />
The impact of the printing press, astrolabe, and caravel on 16th-century Europe demonstrates the ability of technology to "<span>redefine human understanding of the world"</span>