In what areas did African Americans face discrimination and/or segregation?

common sense was a pamphlet by thomas paine which advocated the independence of the thirteen colonies from great britain.

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.

i believe the answer is d.

answer; taking up arms to defend the nation;