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Why did the Gun powder plot fail?
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January 23, 2009 4:57PM
* Because the King found out about it * King James I caught Guy Fawkes in the act * The gun powder had gone off and so it couldn't be lit and therefore the houses of parliament wouldn't be able to be blown up
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