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The Gunpowder Plot was Faked

If you don’t know, the Gunpowder Plot was a Jesuit plan to assassinate the Protestant King James I and his Parliament, using boatloads of gunpowder, and then somehow restore the old Catholic monarchy. #gunpowderplot #GuyFawkes
This terrorist plot has its roots in the Wars of the Roses, when the official state religion changed from Catholicism to Protestantism.
Suffice it to say, most Englishmen were still deeply and devoutly Catholic, and they were as distrustful of the Protestant religion as they were of the aristocratic families who were foisting it on them.
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Remember, remember...the 4th of November?

Guy Fawkes was actually discovered on the night of 4 November, during a search of the cellars under Parliament. He was carrying a lantern, a pocket watch and matches.

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36 barrels of gunpowder were found under a pile of firewood. Fawkes was taken to King James I on the morning of the 5 November and then sent to @TowerOfLondon for interrogation. After days of torture, Fawkes eventually began to name the other conspirators.

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In 1606, Parliament passed the Thanksgiving Act calling for an annual thanksgiving for the failure of the plot.

Parliament is still searched by the Yeomen of the Guard before the State Opening of Parliament to ensure no latter-day Guy Fawkes is hiding in the cellars. #GuyFawkes ImageImageImage
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