It must be the second choice “It was important to have popular support beforehand”
Evidence: “...but he postponed action against slavery until he believed he had wider support from the American public.”
They wanted to take control over the middle east after the turks had claimed it.
The affect was One of the greatest controversies of the Renaissance would be the idea
of Humanism, which is the idea that humans can be good people. The
church leaders at that time didn't like this idea because they didn't
have the power over people that they used to have when they could say,
"God hates you because humans are sinful, so you have to do everything
we tell you to gain His forgiveness,"
