Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

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Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
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1603

• James I becomes King of England
• Fines Catholics not attending Church of England
  services and he puts Catholic priests to death.

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1604

• Robert Catesby hatches a plan to blow up
  Parliament on the day it opens.

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Guy Fawkes

• The plotters recruit Guido Fawkes, an explosives
  expert.

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The plot is hindered

• Rent a house near to Houses of Parliament and
  start tunnelling.
• Water leaks in from the River Thames
• Walls of the House of Lords could not be
  penetrated.

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A change of fortune

• State Opening of Parliament postponed until 5th
  November 1605
• Cellar room becomes available for rent.

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The plan takes shape

• 36 barrels of gunpowder moved to the cellar and
  hidden behind firewood.
• Guy Fawkes left in charge of guarding it.

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Who sent the warning?

• Lord Monteagle, an MP and cousin of Francis
  Tresham receives a letter, warning him to not
  attend the State Opening of Parliament.
• Monteagle shows letter to Robert Cecil who, in
  turn, shows it to the King.

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4th November 1605

• King orders search of the cellars.
• John Johnson found with pile of wood.
• 2nd search - gunpowder is found.
• Johnson is arrested and taken to the Tower.

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Torture in the Tower

• Johnson confesses to being Guy Fawkes.
• After four days of torture he confesses to the
  Plot.

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The other plotters

• Meanwhile, the other plotters had been hiding in
  a house in the Midlands.
• Soldiers surround the house.
• Catesby, Percy Winter brothers are shot dead.
• Remaining plotters taken to the Tower.
• Tried, and found guilty of High Treason.

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January 1606

• Plotters hanged, drawn and quartered for their
  crimes.