gunpowder plot Flashcards
(33 cards)
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)
