Why was the gunpowder plot planned?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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 =^.^=

Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

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:

• The tunnel that the conspirators were said to have dug, was not found, no traces of the tunnel were discovered, to top that evidence, no one can explain the whereabouts of the stones and earth.

• John Whynniard, a government official, died on The 5th November 1605, he owned the cellar that was rented out by the conspirators nobody knows the cause of his death.

• As everyone knows, the only place you can get gunpowder from is the Tower of London, the amount of gunpowder coming in and out of the Tower is controlled by the Government, and all recorded in a log book. 'Mysteriously' however the pages for 1604 had been torn out and never found.

• The letter to Lord Monteagle informing him not to go to Houses of Parliament that day had no signature and was delivered by a tall dark stranger. I took the letter to experts and they are seventy percent sure that letter was written by you. Also I found it strange that you did not act for five days after 'receiving' the letter.

• Another point in my argument would be that you arrested the plotters' servants on the 5th when Guy Fawkes confessed to all those involved on the 9th.

• As soon as Guy Fawkes confessed, your men had already arrived at Holbeach House surrounding the rest of the conspirators, the man who shot Catesby and Percy was given a life pension of 2s a day, paid by the government, he's not going to give the confidential information about the plot at any hearing, he's well paid!

• During Fawkes' trial, you called no witnesses, and didn't show anyone his confession.

• Francis Tresham (Lord Monteagle's cousin) was taken to the Tower on the 12th November, convicted of writing the letter (explaining to Lord Monteagle not to attend Parliament on that day) to Lord Monteagle, however as said earlier experts are sure that the writing is yours. Therefore you framed him. A month later he died in suspicious circumstances, probably taking his own life.

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

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

In a word, betrayal.

Answer 8

No they got caught