Which new england state was the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the constitution

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 what way did expansion and global trade during the 15th to 18th centuries affect the economies of european countries

In the course of illness senerational campaign against stephen douglas in1858 abraham declared that