There are many answers to this. One way they became the most recognized is because they first cocola was made by accident. The person who made it really didn't make it himself, his assistant did. Another way they became the most recognized product is because it was made to help headaches.
Christianity was the most powerful religion during that time. During the scientific revolution the power of the church weakened as science became an actual field. Less people started believing in the church teaching as it didn't match with the scientific discoveries at that time
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Nobody chooses the rulers. If its through a system of heredity, when the rulers die their children take over.
Copernicus Kelper and Newton had a lot of the same ideologies and alot of the same ideas in general