How did European governments respond to the new science?
A) They viewed new scientific communities as a threat to their control of knowledge.
B) They rejected the new science as a threat to their religious foundations.
C) They established academies of science to support and sometimes direct scientific research.
D) They supported and defended the complete freedom of the scientist against religious officials.
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