The main political unit that emerged in the world is A. the state. A state is defined as a territory or land in which a defined number of constituents is ruled over a governing body that follows and implements a system without following necessarily a superior power. I think this is powerful enough.
(⌐■_■) (☞゚ヮ゚)☞A priest or priestess, is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.
Religion is a cultural system of behaviors and practices, world views, sacred texts, holy places, ethics, and societal organisation that relate humanity to what an anthropologist has called "an order of existence".
A ritual "is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence."
Clergy are some of the main and important formal leaders within certain religions.
Dehydration and starvation
Taxations without representation
Unfair military placement
Unfair military violence
Unfair government systems
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The Declaration of Independence lists 27 in the List of Grievances.