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The only Canadian ever to be UK prime minister, Andrew Bonar Law was in the top job for only seven months. However, he was central to politics in the early 20th century.
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What happened to John Smith while he was captive amongst the local people? How does Pocahontas save his life?
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How did Harold Wilson respond to the swinging 60s? The prime minister during the late 1960s and mid 1970s headed a government responsible for significant reform and economic muddle.
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What happens to Captain John Smith when he is captured by the local people in Virginia?
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(1/20) How did the first permanent colony on the US by the English begin?
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Is this the longest serving 18th century prime minister you've never heard of? Pelham: the most important prime ministerial name to have been forgotten by history? Find out why he was in office for over a decade, and why, despite the length of his tenure, he isn't one of the more celebrated premiers.
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(12 of 12) What did Christopher Columbus have to say about Amerigo Vespucci?
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This episode contains two of the remaining documents about Amerigo Vespucci. What is the evidence that Vespucci was given Castilian citizenship?
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The prime minister before Margaret Thatcher was a popular man who waited too long to hold a general election. Find out about the prime minister during the 'winter of discontent'.
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(10 of 12) What does Amerigo Vespucci tell us about his fourth journey?
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(9 or 12) In his third voyage, starting in 1503, how does Amerigo Vespucci describe the stars in the southern hemisphere?
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During his premiership, John Stuart was one of the most unpopular prime ministers ever. Why?
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(8 of 12) How was the coast of Brazil described by the earliest European explorers?
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(7 of 12) Setting off in March 1501, how does Amerigo Vespucci's third voyage begin?
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As the Whigs were becoming the Liberals, John Russell was prime minister. His career spanned the whole of the first half of Victoria's reign, from the 1830s to the 1860s.
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(6 of 12) How does Amerigo Vespucci describe the northern coast of South America in 1499-1500?
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(5 of 12) On Amerigo Vespucci's 1499 journey to the Americas, what is the strange herb that the local people chew?
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One of the most famous and most superlative of the early prime ministers, why was Pitt the Younger such a successful premier?
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(4 of 12) Towards the end of the first voyage, why does Vespucci take so many prisoners?
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(3 of 12) On his first journey, in 1497, why does Amerigo Vespucci describe one area as looking like Venice?
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