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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
What is a GunPowder Treason/Plot???
Further proof of the fact that Americans know NOTHING about the rest of the world. Although if you weren't taught it Chalts, then it's not your fault. However, why do I know about the declaration of independence, the civil war, the kennedy assasinations, etc etc?
Anyway, the gunpowder plot -
1605: A group of men led by Robert Gatesby, plotted to kill James. Guy Fawkes was one the group. The men bought a house next door to the parliament building. The house had a cellar which went under the parliament building. They planned to put gunpowder under the house and blow up parliament and the king.
The king and his leaders were to meet on November 5.
Guy Fawkes was given the job to keep watch over the barrels of gunpowder and to light the fuse, but he was discovered before he could blow up parliament. Guy Fawkes was put in prison and tortured until he told them the names of all the people involved in the Gunpowder Plot.
To celebrate the foiling of this early act of terrorism, we let off fireworks on November 5th.