The second one.., Since Avonlea occupied.
This gives the setting by telling where the story took place.
I honestly don't think there is anything positive about peer pressure, but maybe it could be positive if your peers are trying to make you do something good? Sorry, I'm not totally sure...
Answer:
"a load, that which is borne or carried," Old English byrðen "a load, weight, charge, duty;" also "a child;" from Proto-Germanic *burthinjo- "that which is borne" (source also of Old Norse byrðr, Old Saxon burthinnia, German bürde, Gothic baurþei), from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children."
