Explain the significance of the words a. patroon b. pacifist

Patroon a person given land and granted certain manorial privileges under the former Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

A pacifist holding the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable.

These words are important for US history because patroons were people who were given land by the Dutch government in colonies of New Jersey and New York, while pacifists were people who opposed the war and wanted to achieve peace through negotiation.