<em>The goal of explaining why the majority of Indians stayed in the colonies </em>is the goal the passage addresses.
" ....it offered a new life ..... the authorities began to make a new offer to Indian workers...." The indians could get a small plot of land , if they grew sugar there.
Answer:
most positive : palace
most positive: mansion
somewhat positive: cottage
neutral: house
somewhat negative: hut
most negative: dump
<em>It is a shortened form of two words where one is a verb.</em>