King James I's mother and wife were both Catholics, so many Catholics believed that James became king, he would support Catholisism and help it grow. But he didn't do this and this angered many Catholics. So Catesby, Fawkes and three others devised plans to blow up the king. They ended up on 5th november 1605 with 13 people and 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the house of Lords. They were very close to succeeding.
because it did?!!
it was because King James had gotten a letter from someone, King James waited for the 5th of November to come and then arrested Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes was then hanged in front of aload of people.
The gunpowder plot was planned because the protestant wanted to get rid of James I because he was starting to be kind to the catholics but the protestants wanted James I to be mean and harsh to catholics So they planned the gunpowder =^.^=
Good question!
All the plotters were catholics, their king however, and most of the members of Parliament were protestants.
So the plotters planed to destroy the houses of Parliament with the protestants inside!
Because Francis "the idiot" Tresham wrote a letter to his cousin Lord Monteagle who was due in Parliament that day not to go Lord Monteagle told the guards and Guy Fawkes got caught. However this could have all been a stitch up. Here is a recent letter I had to write for my history homework.
Dear Sir Robert Cecil
I am writing to express my opinion on what really happened on the night of 5th November 1605. My suspicions arose after several pieces of evidence didn't fit the jigsaw.
These include:
In my conclusion I believe this was a fabricated story, trying to be a plausible. However, when analysed deeply, all the evidence is just hanging separately with no real link.
I am now going to give you my account for what I think REALLY happened that night and the day's after and leading up to it.
The plan was actually all down to you trying to frame the Catholics. Each conspirator however had some sort of previous dispute with the government. For example Catesby had Government taxes to pay, he had to sell his house in order to do this, another example would be, Wright and Fawkes who were both arrested in 1596.
You used 12 Catholics names which all had some connection together. Francis Tresham was the only exception; this is because he was Lord Monteagle's cousin and therefore you used him as the dummy that 'apparently' wrote the letter (after being imprisoned he committed suicide a month later, if my theory is right you could be accused of murder or manslaughter).
After 'receiving' the letter from an unaware Francis Tresham, Lord Monteagle didn't hesitate to come running to you. You didn't act for a number of days because you knew damn right what was going to happen. Or did you act? Were these the precious days when you wheeled all of the gunpowder from the Tower of London into John Whynniard's cellar? You then covered all thirty-six barrels of gunpowder with wood and iron bars (this gunpowder was from 1604, this is why the pages for 1604 were ripped out.) As it was from 1604 it was probably out of date anyway, as gunpowder from this era has a 'use by date'. On the day, you called Guy Fawkes in (a trained explosives expert) to check on the gunpowder, you planted a box of matches on him, went to get the guard before arresting him for treason. The others fled to Holbeach house in fear of accusation.
You became impatient and started to arrest people before Fawkes stood trial, and when he did confess your men were already surrounding the conspirators at Holbeach house.
When Guy Fawkes stood trial, there were no witnesses, isn't this strange? Was it because nothing actually happened? No one attended and he was said to have confessed 12 other names. Did he?
I believe that you were the conspirator of the gunpowder plot, you came up with it just to kill thirteen Catholics, well, congratulations you succeeded.
We both know what happened that night.
Well what else do I say? Can't give you my name of course you would just execute me. I will however give you a clue.
Some friend of a Guy who everyone thought attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Your Sincerely
Francis Trezim wrote a letter to his brother in law who was going to be in the house of parliament that day about there going to be a big explosion; so when he got the letter he urgently told King James who got his guards to catch Guy Fawkes and also hang, draw and quarter him.
In a word, betrayal.
No they got caught
The gunpowder was stored in places like the Tower of London.
In the UK
i think it is just gunpowder but not sure
Francis Tresham
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guy fawkes i don't know if that how you spell it along with his christian friends
The Catholic men of the gunpowder plot planned to blow up Parliament. After they had blown it up they planned to make King James I daughter queen as she was Catholic. They wanted to do this because they thought that England should be Catholic instead of Protestant. Hope this helped! :)
yes. He was brought in to help with the planned post-assassination rebellion.
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.
In the Gunpowder Plot, the gunpowder was located underneath the House of Lords. Everyone that participated in the plot was sentenced to death.
The gunpowder was being hidden in the gunpowder plot. It was hidden in a cellar under the house of parliament.
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.