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Quiz: Can you answer these British history questions?

In A History of Britain by Simon Schama, available to watch now as a BBC iPlayer boxset, the historian journeys through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles.

We've already quizzed you on the period from 3000 BC to 1603, but here's an even tougher test.

The second series of Schama's epic historical journey covers the turbulent period from 1603 to 1776, so we've come up with some tricky questions about key events and figures.

Can you get all seven right?

How's your British history knowledge?
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How's your British history knowledge?

Try this quiz about seven key moments from 3000 BC to 1603 AD as featured in A History of Britain by Simon Schama

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