Gunpowder Plot Flashcards
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What did John Wynniard rent to Thomas Percy, the well-known Catholic?
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He rented out a cellar which was used to disguise a tunnel leading into Parliament
3
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Who did the well-known Catholics use as their explosives expert?
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Guido (Guy) Fawkes
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Why did Robert Cecil allow the plotters to buy the gunpowder and rent out the cellar?
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Because he needed an excuse to arrest some strong/ well-known catholics and to introduce some anti-catholic rules
5
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Why did the letter to Monteagle advise him to stay away from Parliament?
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Because the Gunpowder plot was happening that night
6
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What phrase is said to remember the day parliament would have been blown up
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Remember remember the 5th of November
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