1500-1700 Early Modern England - The Gunpowderplotters, 1605 Flashcards
1
Q
What did the gunpowder plotters commit
A
Treason
2
Q
After 1570 what did the more laws passed on prevent
A
Catholics from practicing their faith
3
Q
Who took the throne when Elizabeth I died in 1603
A
James Stuart
4
Q
What did catholics hope for by James Stuart
A
More freedom to practice their faith
5
Q
What did James I continue with
A
Anti-catholic laws
6
Q
What did a group of catholics led by Robert catesby plot
A
To kill the king and other leading Protestants at the state opening of parliament on5 November 1605
7
Q
What did the plotters want
A
To make James’s daughter Elizabeth queen
8
Q
What did the plotters fill the cellar underneath the house of parliament with
A
Barrels of gunpowder
