One reason the industrial revolution happened in northwestern europe, rather than in china or india, had to do with the connection among merchants, maritime expansion, and the state. how did the role of merchants and maritime expansion differ between northwestern europe and china and india?

becasue in the south they disallowed slavery but in the north slavery was illegial this boilled into because mexico wanted slavery

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts