In the early settlement of America, disease and forced labor played a significant role.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
Understatement.
Explanation:
An understatement is a statement that describes something in a way that makes it sound less important. In this case, if the Army Intelligence calls you up for a meeting, saying that they want to "chat" is an understatement because it's probably much more serious than that.
 
        
             
        
        
        
I had to look for the passage and here is my answer:
Based on the passage attached to this in which the one who narrates in it is Gulliver, the event that is being described in this passage is Gulliver's plan to escape from Lilliput. Lilliput is one of the fictional places in "The Gulliver's Travel" that was written by Jonathan Swift. The answer for this would be the first option.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
I'd probably say c. because the other options don't make too much sense.