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Gun Powder Plot Against King James I

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Gunpowder Plot conspirators. Intro In 1605, a group of Catholic conspirators, including the now infamous Guy Fawkes, devised a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

Gunpowder Plot conspirators

Their aim was to overthrow the government, kill King James I, and make James’s daughter a Catholic head of state. The head of Guy Fawkes. Intro In 1605, a group of Catholic conspirators, including the now infamous Guy Fawkes, hatched a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

The head of Guy Fawkes

The intention was to depose the government, kill King James I, and install James’s daughter as a Catholic head of state. This is an illustration showing the severed head of Guy Fawkes after his execution. The image was published in 'Mischeefes mysterie London' several years after the Gunpowder Plot in 1617. Letter about Guy Fawkes. Original text: [side] You shall doe well to keepe Hoboques packuett [?]

Letter about Guy Fawkes

[hands?] Untyll you have spoken with the Archdukes of this matter: to make all things sure. The Gunpowder Plot: Parliament & Treason 1605. The Gunpowder Plot: Overview. The Gunpowder Plot: Overviewby David Nash Ford "Remember, remember the fifth of November.

The Gunpowder Plot: Overview

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