What might have motivated Maria Theresa to reform tax policies?

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?

What problems did socialist thinkers seek to solve

How were the okanogan highlands formed? a. by subduction, which caused huge folds in earths surface b. as a result of retreating glaciers carving great valleys into the earth c. when molten rock from under the earth approached the surface d. when the collision of volcanic island chains and ocean rocks formed new earth