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George Clarke advises Glyn and Jan, who intend to refurbish a Derbyshire farmhouse that comes with a barn and 12 acres of land. Having taken out a loan to pay for the building, they want it to be waterproof before they go on holiday at Christmas – but delays in planning permission and financial difficulties […]

In this video, we discuss the language of France, how it developed, and then how it spread around the world. Find us here too! Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fireoflearning Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fire-Of-Learning-140814776119638/ Instagram: @Fire_of_Learning Twitter: @Fire_Learning Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FireOfLearning/ Music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com Songs: Brandenburg Concerto […]

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Impacts of the English in the New World ( Pilgrims ) Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts. A scouting party was sent out, and […]

The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its American Indian allies.