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Historical:

The historical impact of the Gunpowder Plot is very great. In 1605, a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the House of Lords along with King James because of his anti-catholicism views (Trueman). The conspirators were caught and all of them ended up dead either through execution or dying in a firefight with authorities. The impact of this event was immediately felt in the coming days and years. The king ordered, that in celebration of him surviving, that everyone set off bonfires (Trueman). Now, every November 5th, people in Britain make dummies of the main perpetrator Guy Fawkes. They set the dummies on top of piles of wood and light them on fire. Fireworks are shot off and people burn pictures of Guy Fawkes and sometimes even pictures of the Pope (Greenspan). The impact of this event is major as this has become a national holiday and a time for people to get with family, party and set off fireworks.


 * C.N, Trueman. "The Gunpowder Plot Of 1605." //The History Learning Site//. 17 Mar 2015. 27 Oct 2015
 * Greenspan, Jesse. “Guy Fawkes Day: A Brief History.” //History.com//. 5 November 2012. 27 October 2015.

Cultural:



The modern culture impact of the gunpowder plot is that people wanted freedom to. “The event is still commemorated annually in England on 5 th November by fireworks and burning ‘guys’ (effigies) on bonfires” (Barrow). Th e gunpowder plot was a plan to kill the parliament and King James I. They wanted to kill them because when Queen Elizabeth I was in power she made laws against the Roman Catholics and the Catholics hoped that King James would have changed the laws, but he did not. They did not want to practise their religion in secret anymore, so they thought that this plan would have helped their situation. After they were caught and put on trial, the people today celebrate the gunpowder plot by having a bonfire and fireworks for King James's survival.

Bibliography:


 * Barrow, Mandy. "History of the Gunpowder Plot." // British Life and Culture Plot // . N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015
 * C.N, Trueman. "The Gunpowder Plot Of 1605." // The History Learning Site // . 17 Mar 2015. 27 Oct 2015

Audience:



The audience of this plot was the people and all the Catholics of England. Guy Fawkes and his conspirators wanted to grab the attention of the people of England and show them the “true” leadership of England. The groups of conspirators wanted to show England what they thought was right. The article says, “This led to a plot to kill not only the king of England, James, but also everyone sitting in the Houses of Parliament at the same time as James was there when he opened Parliament on November 5th, 1605” (History Learning Site). This plot was supposed to get the attention of the people of England to show them that Catholics should have control. If the plot did not get the attention of the people of England then it would’ve been pointless.


 * C.N, Trueman. "The Gunpowder Plot Of 1605." // The History Learning Site // . 17 Mar 2015. 27 Oct 2015
 * Barrow, Mandy. "History of the Gunpowder Plot." //British Life and Culture Plot//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015

Aim:




 * 1) What is the author’s purpose?

In 1605 the Gunpowder Plot was taken place during James I reign. In his reign catholics in England had expected James to be more tolerant of them. In fact, he had proved to be the opposite and had ordered all Catholic priests to leave England (Trueman). For this reason angered the catholics and that is how the gunpowder plot came to be. The purpose of the gunpowder plot was to kill or blow up James I with gunpowder. It is also the purpose not to kill only the king of England, James, but also everyone sitting in the Houses of Parliament at the same time as James was there when he opened Parliament on November 5th, 1605 (Trueman). Another purpose for this plot was to convince James in hopes that he would change his mind. The plot to kill James was practically a threat but continued to go through with treason and etc. if James still was still in refusal with the catholics. Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Guy Fawkes apparently hoped that the confusion that would follow the murder of the king, his ministers, and the members of Parliament would provide an opportunity for the English Catholics to take over the country (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.)

Cites:


 * 1) C.N, Trueman. "The Gunpowder Plot Of 1605." //The History Learning Site//. 17 Mar 2015. 26 Oct 2015.
 * 2)  [|The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica] . “Gunpowder Plot.” //Encyclopædia Britannica//. 6 Jul 2015. 27 Oct 2015.