#1) It was a plot.
#2) The use of gunpowder- lots of it- played a key role in the plot.
#3) Thirty-six BARRELS of gunpowder were found to have been prepared.
#4) The barrels of gunpowder were found in the basement.
#5) The basement of The House of Lords.
#6) Guy Fawkes (AKA Guido Fawkes) was discovered guarding the explosives.
#7) THE PLOT HAD BEEN BETRAYED!
#8) Mr. Fawkes was dicovered in the early morning hours of November 5th, 1605.
#9) That date, November 5th, has been celebrated ever since, due to the failed plot to assassinate the King.
#10) There's even a poem about it:
Remember, remember
The Fifth of November
Keep mem'ries alive
Of Sixteen-Oh-Five...
#11) I'd better get an A+ on this!
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 is also referred to as the Gunpowder Treason Plot. This plot was a plot to blow up James the First. One can learn more specifics about this plot on the History website.
The gunpowder was being hidden in the gunpowder plot. It was hidden in a cellar under the house of parliament.
In the Gunpowder Plot, the gunpowder was located underneath the House of Lords. Everyone that participated in the plot was sentenced to death.
John Grant - Gunpowder Plot - was born in 1570.
John Grant - Gunpowder Plot - died on 1606-01-30.
there were 36 barrels.
No. It was an anarchist and his fellow plotters.
England, 1605. November the 5th: The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. And the gunpowder plot was an event not a place.
The Gunpowder Plot was a (failed) plot to kill the King and members of parliament by blowing up The Houses of Parliament in London.
The gunpowder was stored in places like the Tower of London.
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 involved 36 barrels of gunpowder, which were secretly stored in a cellar beneath the House of Lords. The conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, planned to use this gunpowder to blow up the Parliament and assassinate King James I. Their plot was ultimately foiled before it could be executed.
Guy Fawkes was very important in the gunpowder plot because he was the person who came up with the plan.