The main lesson american colonists learned from the glorious revolution was that people have the right to overthrow an unjust government. religious freedom is central to political freedom. monarchs have a divine right to rule. the british government did not support the social contract.

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