What was the event that opened Japan for trading with the rest of the world? Why is this ont important in modern japoneses history

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?

In the declaration of independence, the colonists listed the complaints against the british government to prove they were being treated unfairly. what was one complaint in the declaration of independence?

What are two effects of the lack of representation of the third estate in the estates-general? two answers