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Historian David Olusoga starts the story of Union in the 17th Century, an era of defined by deep religious divisions between Protestant and Catholic.
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David Olusoga reveals how, in the 18th century, a new British identity was forged in the face of multiple threats from within including the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland and an Irish revolution in 1798, and near-constant war with France.
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In the 19th century, the union of Great Britain and Ireland appeared to be secure and powerful.
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The 20th century sees partition in Ireland. A sense of national unity emerges in the aftermath of the Second World War, but economic challenges in the 1970s create new divisions and questions about the union's future.