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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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Sometimes, minor prime ministers do major things. George Grenville introduced an innocuous little tax and accidentally helped to create a country along the way: only the blummin' United States! Learn why Grenville made his misstep here.
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