King James 1 Guy Fawkes
The plot was simple the next time parliament was opened by king james l they would blow up everyone there with gunpowder.
King james 1 guy fawkes. As dusk falls villagers and city dwellers across britain light bonfires set. Born during the renaissance period on april 13 1570 in stonegate england he was the only son and second child of edward fawkes and edith jackson. Guy fawkes guy fawkes also known as guido fawkes is mostly remembered for his affiliation with the terrorist attack against king james i.
Guy fawkes born 1570 york englanddied january 31 1606 london british soldier and best known participant in the gunpowder plot. Guy fawkes night the gunpowder plot was a failed attempt to blow up englands king james i 1566 1625 and the parliament on november 5 1605. The men bought a house next door to the parliament building.
The gunpowder plot of 1605 in earlier centuries often called the gunpowder treason plot or the jesuit treason was a failed assassination attempt against king james i by a group of provincial english catholic terrorists led by robert catesby. Guy fawkes was one of a group of men. In november 1605 guy fawkes and a group of others plotted to assassinate king james i of england also known as james vi of scotland.
Its object was to blow up the palace at westminster during the state opening of parliament while james i and his chief ministers met within in reprisal for increasing oppression of roman catholics in england. The plot was organized by robert catesby c1572 1605. Robert catesby was the leader of a group of english catholics who plotted to assassinate the protestant king james 1 in the failed gunpowder plot.
A group of men led by robert catesby plotted to kill king james and blow up the houses of parliament the place where the laws that governed england were made.