Creationism.
As the scientific revolution radically challenged the power and authority of the Church, the Church sometimes hindered “innovations in the sciences and in philosophy”; but it shouldn’t be assumed that “religious belief and the scientific enterprise are inherently inimical to one another.”
For example, “Darwinism, the Copernican revolution and the Galileo affair are all too often regarded as demonstrating clearly and irrefutably that science and religion just do not mix.”
Mercy granted to an offender
In legal terms, "clemency" can take various forms.
... It may take the form of a reprieve, which suspends the carrying out of a criminal sentence to allow the offender to seek ways to have the penalty reduced. (Usually this would be in the case of a death penalty sentence.) This would be the example of "a delay in carrying out a sentence."
... It may be commuting a sentence, which leaves the conviction in place but lessens the penalty. So, for instance, a long prison term is commuted to a shorter time in prison.
... It may be the granting of a full pardon. In that case the "legal forgiveness for a crime" description would fit, but not all acts of clemency are pardons.
<span>The drafters of the Articles of Confederation wanted to establish strong state governments because they were worried that a strong national (central) government would become tyrannical. </span>
Answer:
A: ended with colonist seizing the local custom house
