gunpowder plot Flashcards
what religion was James vi of Scotland?
protestant
when did king James come king of England?
1603
why were catholics in England happy that he was king?
because his mother Mary queen of scots was catholic
what did James promise to abolish?
the fines catholic payed for not going to sunday protestant church services
what did James not do that catholics had hoped?
he made catholics life hard fined catholics that didn’t go to church service and educated catholic priests.
what did a desperate group of catholics decide to do about this?
blow up the king and lords when they met for state opening of parliment
who lead this group?
robert catesby
who were the other conspirators?
Thomas Percy,Thomas Winter and Ambrose Rookwood
who was the explosives expert?
Guy Fawkes
where was he from?
York
what was his old occupation?
mercenary solider
what did they also intend to do?
seize one of James children and make them a catholic monarch
where were they going to place the gunpowder?
under the house of lords
how did they first try to get the gunpowder under there?
they tried to tunnel under the house of lords from a house just outside the walls of westminster place and failed
what did they do after failing?
they rented a house with a cellar under the house of lords
how many barrels of gunpowder did they hide in the cellar?
36
how did they hid the gunpowder?
under piles of wood
what did they then after hiding the gunpowder?
waited till November 5th 1605
who joined the group and when?
Francis Tresham in october 1605
what happened later that month?
what did the letter say?
a anonymous letter was sent to lord monteagle (Trishaws brother in law) telling him not to go to parliament on 5/11/1605
when did he receive the letter?
while he was having dinner with friends in London house
what did he ask his servant to do?
read it aloud
what was he alarmed by?
why the letter said terrible blow being received by parliament
who did he give the letter to?
robert cecil (the kings chief minister)
when did Robert Cecil give the letter to the king?
27th october 1605
what happened on the 4th of november 1605
just before midnight guards arrested Guy Fawkes as he was hiding in the cellar to blow the explosives off th next day
what did Guy Fawkes say in his defence?
he said he was a servant of Thomas percy called johnson
what was done to Guy Fawkes at the tower of London?
he was tortured orders of the king and confessed names of fellow plotters on the 9th
what happened on the 7th of november 1605?
a warrant for the nine other plotters as issued and armed men surrounded them in their hideout in holbeache house in in Staffordshire and there was a fierce fight
who knew where the plotters were on the 7th November?
Robert Cecil
what happened on the 8th of november?
Catestby and Percy were killed with the same bullet
what happened to the 8 remaining plotters?
they were arrested and taken to the London for trial
what happened in january 1606?
the plotters were hanged drawn and quartered
