B. The Catholic Church lost allies such as England, Denmark, and Sweden.
Naïve citizens allow corrupt governments.
In literature, <u>situational irony</u> creates a contrast between what the readers might expect and what actually happens in the text. The goal is to shed light on the difference between appearances and the reality, with regard to a particular theme.
Here, the irony is that even though the farm produces more and gains more money, the animals who worked for this progress to happen are not getting the profits of this improvement. All the money goes to the hands of the ruling class (the pigs and the dogs), because the other animals are naïve enough to believe that the rulers' "supervision and organisation" work is enough to justify this unfair wealth distribution.
<span>Relations between the United States and Cuba had been steadily declining since Castro seized power in early 1959. U.S. officials were soon convinced that Castro’s government was too anti-American to be trusted, and they feared that he might lead Cuba into the communist bloc.</span>
The answer is letter A. New forms of taxation to raise money was the development of strong central governments from the 1500s to the 1700s. This is due to the high rate of people having bank accounts and tax to preserve the structures.