How did technology aid the cause of protestant reformers? by improving the movement of people and goods by speeding up the construction of churches and monasteries by making it easier to publish and spread ideas by supplying those in rebellion with gunpowder

The right answer is: "By making it easier to publish and spread ideas."

Explanation:

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press just a few decades before the start of the Protestant Reformation by Martin Luther in 1517. Its impact was truly revolutionary.  The existence of that machine allowed to spread the Protestant ideas throughout Germany and Europe and get the message delivered to the masses; it would definitely have been much more difficult to take the message of Reformation to all corners of Europe by using the traditional methods.

        i'm fairly sure that the correct answers are 2 and 3.

        i used both my knowledge of world history and the process of elimination to obtain these answers. option 1 cannot be a possible selection because the mandate of heaven belongs to ancient chinese philosophical belief. option 4 sounds like it would benefit the region than detriment it. however, both 2 and 3 explain a potential reason for what could have contributed to the fall of the roman empire.

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