
Given the following passage

"The English Province was a component of the international order from which it obtained its laws, direction, and instructions. It was also, however, a group of Englishmen. Its direct supervisors were from England, and the members of the English Province dwelt and labored in English cities, towns, villages, and roadways. English and European ingredients constantly came in contact. The international side of the province's existence influenced the national, and the national responded to, adapted, and sometimes constrained the international.",

answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.

Question: The text listed several actions the national did in response to the international side, which one refers to becoming adjusted to something? 

adapted
