a. The use of analogy emphasizes the challenges those running for office face.
Explanation:
With these words, Bacon wanted to show how the path to the position that the men were applying for was very difficult, but the trajectory within those positions was more arduous and even more difficult, where responsibilities and obligations became pains that generated more pain, besides furthermore, it shows that the path is full of indignities, but it is through them that men manage to achieve dignity within their office.
In summary, we can say that the use of the analogy emphasizes the challenges that job candidates face.
<span>Pennsylvania was a colony known as the best
poor Man’s country in the entire world. The high standards of living in rural Pennsylvania
and the neighboring middle colonies resulted in the doubling of consumption of
imported goods from England. The least wealthy 18th New Englanders
lived a more comfortable life.</span>
It can't be A because the war took place in America and that is not the Brits home turf and can't be C because the natives almost definitely didn't like the brits. I'm not sure on D but B seems more likely over that.