What was an immediate cause of the 1789 french revolution?

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

Where did zebulon pike spend most of his time exploring?

Due to serious dogmatic differences between the orthodox church and the western christan churches, the orthodox church is not in communion with the roman catholic and protestant communities true or false