<em>I'm doing this question right now and it's fairly easy. :)</em>
<u>4 - The water pipes and fixtures in a building. (</u><u><em>plumbing)</em></u>
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<u>3 - A small, poorly built house or hut. (</u><u><em>hovel)</em></u>
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<u>2 - A servant who does the dirty, rough work in the kitchen. (</u><u><em>scullion)</em></u>
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<u>1 - An instrument that indicates time by the position of the shadows. (</u><u><em>sundial)</em></u>
Answer:
I think this is because a "renaissance" man or woman has many talents/areas of knowledge.
Explanation:
Definition of renaissance: "A person with many talents or areas of knowledge."
A new nation; the constitution was one of the founding documents of the united states, so then it created a new nation