SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Quakers
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pacifists
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patroon
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A person who opposes the use of war or violence to settle a dispute is called a pacifist. If you are a pacifist, you talk through your differences with others instead of fighting. A pacifist is a peacemaker-even its Latin origins of pax, or “peace” and facere, “to make” show it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anti-war pacifism maintains that, “any participation in the maSSIve use of lethal force in warfare is morally prohibited., , 6 On this view, the magnitude of violence coordinated and exercised by groups of soldiers differentiates killing in wars from killing in private self-defence.
Detailed explanation-3: -: an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pacifists are people who simply think a war is wrong. The opposite of pacifist is “warmonger”. Commonly used words as antonyms of pacifist such as “militarist” and “hawk” imply people who advocate usage of more aggressive military policies.