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  1. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their actions attempted tyrannicide and who sought regime change in England ...

  2. 5 days ago · The Gunpowder Plot was the conspiracy of a group of English Roman Catholics to blow up Parliament and King James I, his queen, and his eldest son on November 5, 1605. Why did the Gunpowder Plot take place?

  3. In 1605 a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with King James I inside and take control of the country. The leader of the Plot was...

  4. Nov 9, 2009 · The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby and others to blow up England’s King James I and the British Parliament on November 5, 1605.

  5. Mar 29, 2011 · Discover what Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators hoped to achieve with the Gunpowder plot. Why did their failed plan taint all English Catholics with treason for centuries to come.

  6. Every 5 November in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day, we remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and fellow Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up Parliament and assassinate James I of England.

  7. The Gunpowder Plot In 1605, a group of disaffected Catholics plotted to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords. They hoped to restore Protestant England to Catholicism and end...

  8. Sep 23, 2024 · An explosion of some of their remaining gunpowder, on the morning of the November 8, struck terror into the hearts of the remaining conspirators as a judgment from heaven, undermining their assurance of their innocence and the justness of their cause. The greatness of their crime now struck home.

  9. Apr 29, 2021 · The Gunpowder Plot was a plan by pro-Catholic conspirators to blow up the English Parliament in 1605 and kill King James I of England. Guy Fawkes was caught guarding the gunpowder under Parliament and so the plot failed.

  10. Gunpowder Plot, (1605)Conspiracy by English Roman Catholic zealots to blow up Parliament and kill James I. Angered by James’s refusal to grant more religious toleration to Catholics, a group of conspirators led by Robert Catesby (1573–1605) recruited Guy Fawkes to their plot.

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