Answer:
C: by looking at surrounding words for meaning.
Explanation:
It says "use context clues" so when you use context clues you look at the surrounding words for synonyms, antonyms, or the definition of the word. So look at the surrounding words to find the answer.
Maybe try gentleman, hero, or polite
The freedom of speech in the colonies was not a thing back then during the British rule in the colonies. So, you can understand the British wanting to keep their grip on the colonies thus the British governors usually restricted what could be printed in the newspaper and thus there wasn't that much information in the newspapers themselves and the newspapers were scarce.
