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Flashcards by Andrea Pan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Andrea Pan
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| "Bonfire Night" celebration of a failure | The United Kingdom celebrates Bonfire Night on the night of 5 November to commemorate Guy Fawkes' failed attempt on the British Parliament, known as the "Gunpowder Plot" of 1605. |
| James I: the Catholics' disappointment | In 1601 James I was crowned King of England. Some Catholics believed he would be more flexible and sympathetic to them, as his late mother was a Catholic. James was a Protestant, did not repeal the anti-Catholic laws, ordered Catholic priests to leave the country and those believers who did not go to the Anglican Church were fined. |
| The Gunpowder Plot | It was a plot hatched by a group of English Catholics to assassinate King James I of England and VI of Scotland (son of Mary, Queen of Scots) and the rest of the House of Lords by blowing up the Houses of Parliament in London. |
| Perfect timing | The plan was to blow up the Palace of Westminster on the opening day of Parliament, which, due to the plague, was postponed until 5 November 1605. |
| The aim of the Gunpowder Plot | Killing King James I and his family, along with much of the Protestant aristocracy. After his death, the Catholic Church would have installed a new king obedient to the Pope's orders. |
| 18-month plan | 13 conspirators conceived a plot on an unprecedented scale. They would blow up Parliament, toppling the King and the entire ruling class and triggering a popular uprising. They stockpiled gunpowder in a rented house near the House of Lords. |
| The arrest | During a search of the House of Lords in the evening on 4 November 1605, Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder, enough to reduce the House of Lords to rubble. Fawkes was arrested and subsequently executed. |
| "Remember, remember..." Treason will never be forgotten. | In 1606 the poem was added to the commemoration of the date: "Remember remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason Should ever be forgot..." |
| Penny for the Guy! | In the past, an effigy of Guy Fawkes made from old clothes and paper was burnt. It was also a tradition for small children to use the dolls, known as guys, to beg for a penny by shouting "Penny for the guy!", which was then used to buy pyrotechnics. |
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The UK celebrates with huge fireworks with burning puppets representing Guy Fawkes. People take to the streets and the sky is filled with fireworks, jacket potatoes and bonfire marsh mellow are cooked over the embers, and gingerbread parkin cake is baked. |
| Guy Fawkes: traitor and anonymous hero | The revolutionary character from the comic book and later the film V for Vendetta, behind a Guy Fawkes mask, seeks to raise awareness to end government tyranny. In 2008, the Anonymous movement first used the mask and it became a popular symbol of rebellion against the system. The mask was used in protests around the world. |
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