Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Gunpowder Plot
- REASON: A few catholics
were outraged that King
James 1st of England
outlawed catholicism and
because he was Scottish King
- ORIGINAL PLAN: Assassinate
the king (James 1st) and Queen,
Abduct the king's Daughter (Make
her a catholic Queen) and start a
catholic uprising.
- 1. FIRST PLAN: Dig a tunnel under the River
Thames but this plan was not Successful
because the water kept flooding in
- 2. SECOND PLAN: Hide barrels of
gunpowder in the basement of the
houses of Parliament. GUY FAWKES
put 36 barrels (of Gunpowder) under
the River Thames.
- Caused the
Gunpowder to
be ROTTEN
- 3. Somebody wrote a letter to
Lord Monteagle warning him not to
go to the Houses of Parliament
- 4. Lord Monteagle sends letter to
King James 1st and the king quickly
found out about the Gunpowder
Plot BECAUSE HIS CHILDHOOD
WAS FILLED WITH DANGER.
- 5. November 1605 ,GUY FAWKES =
Arrested and Tortured (Caught by Guards
when they decided to check the cellars last
moment again before in First visit where
Guy told them his name was John - Johnson (A
PERFECT NAME TO NOT BE CAUGHT)
- 6. Guy gave in and told them
every conspritor who was in
on the plot and they were
excuted around January 1606