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Would an average London merchant be affected by the loss of the American colonies? If so, how?

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Did Oliver Cromwell really ban the celebration of Christmas, and, if so, why?

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Was the Age of Exploration a direct effect of the fall of Constantinople? Were there preliminary attempts to find an alternative route to Asia before then? Would they have been state-sponsored?

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Is there any consensus as to why Mark Antony wasn't a bigger part of Caesar's will?

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How widespread was FBI surveillance of the Civil Rights movement? Did Hoover really keep a file on Martin Luther King Jr, and, if so, how did he justify it? Was he subject to any oversight, and, if so, how, and by whom?

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In HBO's Rome, there's a guy whose job it is to go to the town square and call out the news of the day. He even calls out advertisements for products. Is this based on a real profession, and did things like advertisement exist in ancient Rome?

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Shakespeare dedicated his narrative poems 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece' to Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Was their relationship romantic? Would such a dedication, or even a relationship, stand out in Elizabethan England?

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England expelled Jews at one point in the Middle Ages, but was it widely illegal throughout Europe to be non-Christian?

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Why did Louisiana adopt the Napoleonic code, given that they were already American territory (1803) before the code was issued (1804)?

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How did the British become so closely associated with tea?

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Would an average London merchant be affected by the loss of the American colonies? If so, how?	7	AskHistorians
Did Oliver Cromwell really ban the celebration of Christmas, and, if so, why?	7	AskHistorians
Was the Age of Exploration a direct effect of the fall of Constantinople? Were there preliminary attempts to find an alternative route to Asia before then? Would they have been state-sponsored?	7	AskHistorians
Is there any consensus as to why Mark Antony wasn't a bigger part of Caesar's will?	7	AskHistorians
How widespread was FBI surveillance of the Civil Rights movement? Did Hoover really keep a file on Martin Luther King Jr, and, if so, how did he justify it? Was he subject to any oversight, and, if so, how, and by whom?	7	AskHistorians
In HBO's Rome, there's a guy whose job it is to go to the town square and call out the news of the day. He even calls out advertisements for products. Is this based on a real profession, and did things like advertisement exist in ancient Rome?	7	AskHistorians
Shakespeare dedicated his narrative poems 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece' to Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Was their relationship romantic? Would such a dedication, or even a relationship, stand out in Elizabethan England?	7	AskHistorians
England expelled Jews at one point in the Middle Ages, but was it widely illegal throughout Europe to be non-Christian?	7	AskHistorians
Why did Louisiana adopt the Napoleonic code, given that they were already American territory (1803) before the code was issued (1804)?	7	AskHistorians
How did the British become so closely associated with tea?	7	AskHistorians