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You'll need to analyse and evaluate the evidence you find to help uncover some of history's burning questions...

The Tudors: Was Henry VIII a bad husband?

The English Civil Wars: Was Oliver Cromwell a king in all but name?

The Industrial Revolution: Were Victorian mill owners cruel?

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Was Castro an innocent bystander in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Okay, Agent, it's time. Are you ready to choose your mission?

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Use your historical skills to analyse key evidence from the English Civil Wars, the Tudors, the Industrial Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Find out how to start your research at The National Archives and gain study skills.

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The people, places, events and subjects that have shaped London as a city

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Welcome to the home of Horrible Histories. Here you can watch episodes and clips, play games, and even sing along to your favourite Horrible Histories songs!

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KS3 History The Romans learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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The Norman Conquest - KS3 History - BBC Bitesize

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KS3 History The Norman Conquest learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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The English Civil Wars - KS3 History - BBC Bitesize

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KS3 History The English Civil Wars learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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Most manufacturing of textiles took place in the home. This was called the and was labour intensive. Production was small-scale and goods were normally sold in local markets. But Britain was also a leading European wool producer. The textiles made in Britain were often sold in Europe or sent to India and the American colonies.

From the mid-1700s onwards, machinery started to be developed to speed up the production process and to produce on a larger scale, also referred to as the . This period is known as the Industrial Revolution, although some historians say this term is misleading, as change took place over a long period of time and so shouldn't be called a revolution.

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The origins of the Industrial Revolution

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Find out when the industrial revolution began and what manufacturing looked like before the 1800s in this BBC Bitesize History guide.

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World War Two and the Holocaust - KS3 History - BBC Bitesize

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KS3 History World War Two and the Holocaust learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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On the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on an audacious bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation 'Chastise'.

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On the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on an audacious bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation 'Chastise'.

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The Weimar Republic was Germany's government from 1919 to 1933, from the end of World War One to the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. They were a new and inexperienced government who had to deal with a lot of complicated economic problems after World War One.

The Weimar Republic was set up as a representative democracy, which is a political system in which members of parliament are elected to represent the interests of the public. It tried to give genuine power to all German adults by allowing their voices to be heard. However, this caused problems because the German public were so divided.

Historians have argued that there were two main weaknesses of the Weimar Republic.

1) Proportional Representation
Each political party got the same percentage of seats in parliament as the percentage of votes it received in an election. While it allowed for better representation of minorities, it also meant there were lots of small parties in parliament, making it difficult to pass laws, and contributed to weak and often short-lived governments. Some people argue that this contributed to political instability in Germany.

2) Article 48 powers
This gave the president the power to act without parliament's approval in an emergency. However, it did not clearly define what an 'emergency' was, so the power was overused, which weakened Germans' confidence in democracy.

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What challenges did Germany face after World War One?

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The Weimar Republic was Germany's government from 1919 to 1933, from the end of World War One to the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. They were a new and inexperienced government who had to deal with a lot of complicated economic problems after World War One.

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Factories and Machines - Timelines.tv History of Britain A11

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Britain was part of the Roman Empire for over three and a half centuries. From the invasion under the emperor Claudius in AD 43 until rule from Rome ended in the early 5th century, the province of Britannia was part of a political union that covered most of Europe.

Use the links below to discover the impact and legacy of the Roman era on the landscape, buildings, life and culture of Britain. You can also follow links to the many Roman sites that English Heritages cares for - from villas and towns to the forts along Hadrian's Wall, the empire's north-western frontier.

Introduction to Roman Britain

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Britain was part of the Roman Empire for about four centuries. From the invasion under the emperor Claudius in AD 43 until rule from Rome ended in the early 5th century, Britain was an integral part of a political union that covered most of Europe.

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Normans - GCSE History Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize

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GCSE History Normans learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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Military and intelligence

Among the most sought-after records of British Army operations in the Second World War are unit war diaries, which provide information on the activities of army units down to battalion level. There is a separate but related guide on how to find military maps.

Read our guide to Royal Navy operations for an overview of naval records, including ship's logs, convoys, combined operations and naval aviation services.

Consult our guide to RAF operations for a description of operational records and how to find them, including records of squadrons and units, station records, crashes and combat reports.

For advice on finding records of Special Operations Executive (SOE), signals intelligence and code breaking and other intelligence matters, see our intelligence and security services guide.

Merchant Navy

For advice on finding digitised records recording the movements of British and Allied merchant ships, consult our guide to merchant shipping movement cards.

Home Front

For information on finding records of air raid damage between 1940 and 1945, see the guide to records of the Bomb Census.

Use our guide to land requisitioned for war for guidance on finding records of land requisitioned by the military and by the state during the war.

Our guide to the National Farm Survey of England and Wales gives advice on finding records and maps from the 1941 to 1943 survey which aimed to collect data on every farm or holding of more than five acres in England and Wales.

Photographs

Though we do not generally hold photographs of individuals, there are large numbers of photographs depicting elements of military operations, some of them taken as part of the operations themselves, and some from the Home Front too. Consult the Second World War section of our photographs guide for more details and advice on how to find photographs at The National Archives.

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Second World War - an overview - The National Archives

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This guide provides a brief overview of Second World War records held at The National Archives. These are the records of central government, including all branches of the military. You'll get a sense of the sort of records we hold and links to guides with more details and advice on how to find the records [...]