Why did the gunpowder plot go wrong?
Some say that the cathloics were actually framed and that Lord Monteagle was actually a spy for Robert Cecil who were both Protestants. That Cecil had actually made it alot easier for the catholics to be able to blow up Parliament and then told James 1st and caught them red handed. Cecil wanted to banish the catholic religon and by making them seem evil was a perfect way to get rid of catholicsm ;)
The knowledge that innocent people will be killed is a strong motivator of a guilty conscience to reveal planned destructive acts, even today.
King James the 1st's nine-year-old daughter was to be in attendance that fateful day.