I believe that the direct effect of the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment is that it improved representation of the people, because now they were able to directly choose Senators, which made the whole voting process a lot democratic.
Answer: Tokugawa´s seclusion edicts issued in the 1600s aimed to interrupt the rapid expansion of Christianity in Japan. Catholic converts were increasing in number, challenging Buddhism precepts and also acquiring political and economical power in important port cities as Nagasaki. Two edicts closed the borders for foreigners and prevented Japanese people from leaving the country.
The Reign of Terror came to an end, because the man who had started the Reign of Terror (Robespierre) was executed. The Reign of Terror also came to an end, because nuns had been executed because they did not want to give up their monastic vows and they were very calm during the execution, so this shifted the mood in Paris, probably making the general population realize that the mass executions were futile.
