(10 of 18) How did relations develop between the English and the local people of Virginia?

Spencer Perceval was the only UK prime minister to be assassinated. Beyond that fact, what else is there to know about the country's seventeenth prime minister?

(9 of 18) What were the settlers of Virgnia hoping to find that would justify the settlement of the area by the English?

(8 of 18) How did the early English relations with the local people of Virginia evolve?

One of our most recent prime ministers also turned out to have the shortest tenure in the job ever. How did Liz Truss become prime minister, and which historic event happened while she was in office?

(7 of 18) How was life for the first British settlers in Virginia?

On the second of Raleigh’s journeys, what do the English find when they reach Roanoake? This episode also covers a brief account of a third voyage to the colony around a year later. What state is the colony in, around a year later?

Who was the first Labour Party prime minister? Why were words such as 'turncoat' used against him? Find out about 39th prime minister Ramsay MacDonald, who was in office between the two world wars.

(5 of 18) The second of Raleigh's Virginia voyages of the 1580s was headed by Sir Richard Greenville. Before reaching the North American continent, the ships passed through the Spanish Caribbean. How did the Spanish in the 1580s react to the English in the Caribbean?

(4 of 18) During the first voyage by the English to Virginia, how do they describe the area of Roanoake?