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In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), there is a scene where native americans appear before Elizbaeth I at her court, did this actually, did any native americans arrive in England during her reign, if so who were they, and do we know what they thought of being in England?

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Why is it that in modern Western society that Wine is seen as more highbrow and beer and spirits as more lowbrow, when did alcohol start to get viewed this way, and did socities before this time view different times of alcohol, did they rank alcohol in terms of highbrow and lowbrow status?

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What was the British reaction to Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

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Read that Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield was regent while George I was sent for after Anne died How long was he regent and did he do anything significant as regent?

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In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), there is a scene where native americans appear before Elizbaeth I at her court, did this actually, did any native americans arrive in England during her reign, if so who were they, and do we know what they thought of being in England?	147
Why is it that in modern Western society that Wine is seen as more highbrow and beer and spirits as more lowbrow, when did alcohol start to get viewed this way, and did socities before this time view different times of alcohol, did they rank alcohol in terms of highbrow and lowbrow status?	52
What was the British reaction to Abraham Lincoln's assassination?	5
Read that Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield was regent while George I was sent for after Anne died How long was he regent and did he do anything significant as regent?	1