The Gunpowder Plot

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The Gunpowder Plot
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In 1605 King James 1 was the King of England.
Not everybody in England liked him.
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A man called Guy Fawkes decided to blow up the
Houses of Parliament with the King inside.
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Guy Fawkes and his friends planned to use
gunpowder to blow up underneath the Kings chair.
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36 barrels of gunpowder were put in the basement
of the Houses of Parliament on November 5th.
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The barrels were found. Guy Fawkes and his
friends were arrested for trying to kill the King.
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Guy Fawkes was tortured until he confessed to
trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament. He
was hung.
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Every year on November 5th we remember the
gunpowder plot. We have fireworks outside.
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We burn bonfires and put a model of Guy Fawkes on
top. We remember how his plan failed.