1What are the steps of the gunpowder plot?
1) Catesby Planed Blow Up Parliament in Order to Kill King & Ruling Class. This included Lords & Bishops.
To put Catholic on throne.
2) One of 13 Plotters, Guy Fawkes, Filled Vault Beneath Houses of Parliament with 36 Barrels of Gunpowder.
3) October 1605, an Anonymous Letter Warned Lord Monteagle not to Attend Parliament Opening. He took it to Cecil, King's Chief Minister.
4) Fawkes was arrested On 5 Novemeber. Tortured at Tower London Until Revealed Names of Other Plotters and Signed a Confession.
5) Rest of Plotters Escaped. However, Government Soldiers caught up with them. Catesby & some Plotters were Killed in Fight.
Others Sentenced to be Hanged, Drawn and Quartered London.
2What was Blasphemy?
Crime Against God/ Believing in Wrong Religion
3Name Two Crimes Committed by Heretic
Treason Against Monarch & Blasphemy
4Why did the gun powerplot occur & when did King Get to Throne?
In 1603 James I came Throne & Promised Change
Anti-catholic Laws from Elizabeth I Fining them For Not Attending Church England.
However, in 1604 He Did Not which angered Catholics.
Catesby Plotted Revenge Against James.
(he was also angry because his father had been sent to prison for Refusing to take the Protestant oath. )
5What crime were the Plotters Found Guilty Of?
High Treason
6What were the impacts of the gunpowder plot & what act was made?
• Gave James I Gov a Reason to Persecute Catholics.
• Cecil Made Laws Against Catholics Even Harsher.
For example: Fines Increased, Banished Catholic Priests & Worshipping Private Punished.
• The Popish Recusants Act of 1606 which forced Catholics Swear Oath of Allegiance to King and Attend Protestant services.
• The Plot Lasting Legacy which meant Limiting Catholics Lives.
couldn't vote, own land, become MPs, be lawyers or go into the army. this was finally changed in the Catholic emancipation act of 1829.
7What was the gunpowder plotters plan?
met first time on the 20th of May 1604. The plot had two parts.
first part Blowing Up the House Of Lords on Opening Day of Parliament to kill the King James I and the ruling class. This included lords and bishops.
second part involved Catholic Uprising in Midlands. They would kidnap James I daughter put her on the throne and convert her to Catholicism.
8Define Treason
Agaisnt Authority Figures
9Define High Treason
Against Monarch