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Class 7D, Copernicus Gymnasium, Philippsburg

The Gunpowder Plot

Guido Fawkes was born in 1570. He had been a soldier in the Netherlands and he was an expert in explosives. He wanted to fight for the Catholics freedom. King James I was a Protestant and the Catholics didn't have any hope for a change. So some of them decided to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the king.Guido took thirty barrels of gunpowder in the cellar under the Houses of Parliament. But he was discovered and captured by the King's Officers. In 1606 he was hanged in the garden of St.Paul's Cathedral.

The story of Guy Fawkes

In 1605 Guido Fawkes wanted to blow up the King because Catholic people weren't allowed to build their own Catholic churches. But Guido wasn't alone. 12 other men helped him. But he was very important because he was an expert in explosives. Guido Fawkes and his men wanted to put more than 30 barrels of gunpowder into a cellar under the the Houses of Parliament.

On 27 October 1605 Guido visited his wife Anne because he wanted to see her before they did the "Gunpowder Plot". Anne said to him that he would start a holy war if he blew up the King. But Guido took a cross and prayed with Anne. She wasn't allowed to come with him because she wouldn't be safe.

When Guido was back in London he checked every barrel. When he was in the cellar with the gunpowder the King's Officers caught him. King James I had come back to London the following day and then his Officers checked every cellar and room of the Houses of Parliament. The King`s Officers said that Guido should tell them the names of the other Catholic traitors. But he kept his mouth close. One of the Officers said:"Hope that your God has more mercy than your king because your king hasn't any mercy for you. The punishment for a traitor is the death. They told him that he was going to suffer because they were going to hang him the following day in the garden of St. Paul's Cathedral. And that happened.

GUY FAWKES ,THE FAMOUS PLOTTER

Guy Fawkes was born in Stonegate on 13th April 1570. He had two younger sisters,Elizabeth and Anne. His schoolmates were John and Christopher Wright. Then in 1579 his father died and his mother Edith married again into a Catholic family. Maybe his stepfather converted him into a Catholic.

When he was 21 years old, he went to the Netherlands for 12 years to be a solider, there he had to work with Gunpowder. In 1603 he went to Spain to discuss the problems of the Catholic people in England with King Philip 2. There he met Christopher Wright again . On 25th April 1604 he went back to England with Thomas Winter. In May 1604 he joined the Plot and met Catesby in "The Duck and the Drake ".They wanted to fight for peace and freedom, so they planned to blow up the King in the Houses of Parliament.They brought 36 barrels of Gunpowder in a cellar under the Houses of Parliament. On 4th November around midnight Guy wanted to check the barrels and the King's Officers found him .They took him to the Tower of London . On 31st January 1606 they executed him in the Garden of St. Paul's Cathedral .

The other 12 Plotters also died but Guy was the most famous of them .

Guido Fawkes

Guido Fawkes was born in 1570 in Stonegate and died in 1606 in Westminster. He was the only son of Edward Fawkes and lived at the time when James I was king. Together with his friends he planned what later became known as "The Gunpowder Plot". When he put the barrels with the gunpowder in the cellar under the Houses of Parliament, the King's Officers found him.

Guido had a wife called Anne and he fought for peace and freedom. But the King hanged him in the garden of St Paul's Cathedral in 1606.

Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes, who was born in 1570 in Stonegate, wanted to blow up King James I in 1605. His plan was called "The Gunpowder Plot". He had a group of 12 men around him that helped him.

His wife, Anne, wasn't allowed to help him.The explosivers were in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament. When he wanted to check them, he was captured by the King's Officers. They took him to the King, and the King finally executed him in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral.

Guido Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

In 1605, 13 men planned to blow up King James I, they planned "The Gunpowder Plot". One of these 13 men was Guido Fawkes, born in 1570, a soldier who had fought in the Netherlands. He was an expert in explosives, too.

The name of his wife was Anne. Guido Fawkes fought for peace and freedom - he was fearless.

Guido Fawkes took part in the Gunpowder Plot beacause he wanted a Catholic king, not a Protestant king. In a cellar under the Houses of Parliament they had put barrels with gunpowder. When Guido Fawkes wanted to check the gunpowder for the last time, the King's Officers found and captured him. Then he was hanged in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral. They executed him in 1606.

Guido Fawkes

Guido Fawkes was born in 1570 in Stonegate and he died in 1606. He and 12 other men wanted to kill King James I because they were Catholics and their king wasn't. He was Protestant.

In April 1605, Guido Faweks, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter ans a fourth man talked about their plan in a dark room. They wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament with explosives and gunpowder.

Guido Fawkes was the right man because he had been a soldier in the Netherlands and he was an expert in explosives, too. He was fearless and silent as well.

Anne was his wife's name. Elizabeth and Anne were his sisters' names. His plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the gunpowder didn't work because one of the group member wrote a letter about the plan and somebody showed it to the king. This happenend on Novemnber 4th.

On November 5th Guido Fawkes checked the barrels of gunpowder, but suddenly he heard the voices voices of the King's Officers. They found Guido Fawkes in the cellar, captured him and put him in the Tower of London. Guido Fawkes wanted to fight against the King and he wanted to fight for peace and freedom, but this was the end of his mission.

The King's Officers asked him about the other men, but Guido refused to tell them the names of his friends.

He died in the garden of St Paul's Cathedral. He was executed there. This was the end of his life.

The Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 and died in 1606. He fought for peace and freedom with 12 other men. They wanted to blow up King James I. They put barrels with explosives in the cellar under the Houses of Parliament. Anne was Guy Fawkes' wife and Guy had left her in order to go to London.

In 1605, the King's Officers found Guy Fawkes when he wanted to check everything in the cellar and they captured him. They took him to the King and he decided that Guy Fawkes was going to be executed. Finally, Guy Fawkes was executed in the garden of St Paul's Cathedral.

The Gunpowder Plot

This story happened in 1605. Guido Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570. He was married to Anne. He had been a soldier in the Netherlands and he was an expert in explosives. So he and 12 other men wanted to blow up King James I - they planned what later became known as "The Gunpowder Plot".

Guido Fawkes and his men were Catholics and they wanted another king, because King James I was Protestant. Guido Fawkes wanted to fight for freedom and peace. He left Yorkshire and his wife in October and returned to London.

He checked the barrels of gunpowder in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament, but the King's Officers found and captured him. They took him to the King, who wanted to learn more about the other plotters, but Guido Fawkes refused to say something about the others.

He was executed in the garden of St Paul's Cathedral on 31 January 1606.

Guido Fawkes - The man who wanted to blow up the king

Guido Fawkes was born in 1570 and died in 1606. Together with 12 other men, he made a plan to kill the Protestant king, King James I. Guido Fawkes himself was Catholic. He wanted to fight for peace and freedom. Guido Fawkes had been a soldier in the Netherlands.

The plan to kill the king became known as "The Gunpowder Plot", but it didn't work. Guido Fawkes was captured by the King's Officers and was taken to the King. The King's Officers found the explosives in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament.

In 1606, Guido Fawkes was executed in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral. He was hanged. The King lived and all the people were happy. They celebrated in the streets with lots of fireworks after Guido Fawkes had died.

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 and died in 1606. He had been a soldier in the Netherlands and was, thus, fearless. He was Catholic, too. But at the beginning of the 17th century, England had a Protestant king, King James I.

So Guy Fawkes and 12 other men wanted to fight for peace and freedom and they made a plot. Guy Fawkes' task was to put the barrels of gunpowder in the cellar under the Houses of Parliament and blow them up. But he was caught in the cellar by two officers of the King.

And in 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral.

Do you think this was the end of Guy Fawkes? No, it wasn't. After his death many people celebrated that their King was still alive and even today they celebrate that Guy Fawkes couldn't kill the King and so he lives on.

Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 in Stonegate. He had been a soldier in the Netherlands so he was fearless and an expert in explosives. He married Anne and they lived in Yorkshire. At that time, King James I was the king. Guy Fawkes and his friends didn't want him to be their king because he wasn't Catholic.

In 1605, Guy Fawkes and 12 other men wanted to blow up King James I. They wanted to fight for peace and freedom and they planned what later became known as "The Gunpowder Plot". They put the gunpowder they needed in barrels and put them in the cellar under the Houses of Parliament.