It led the French to seek an alliance with the Americans to dethrone Louis XVI.
I believe the answer is: <span> they impede scientific progress
The scientific findings that derived from a research often would be used as a basis for other research in the future. This method allow our scientific development to keep moving forward.
</span><span>When a research knowingly falsified data, the basis for future scientific research is already wrong to begin with and this would stunt the development.</span>
The crook represented kingship (in that it compared the people of Egypt to a flock and their leader a shepherd) and the flail represented the land's fertility, as it is a farming tool.