Why was mercantilism important to the competition for colonies between european rivals? (8th sc 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?

What industry was exempt from the child-labor laws passed in the factory act of 1833?

Brainliesttt !me : ) describe the responses to terrorism in the united states.