BONFIRE NIGHT 5TH OF NOVEMBER
IN NOVEMBER 1605 THE INFAMOUS GUNPOWDER PLOT TOOK PLACE IN WHICH SOME CATHOLIC PLOTTED TO BLOW UP THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT AND THE KING JAMES I, ON THE DAY SET FOR THE KING TO OPEN PARLIAMENT. THE MEN WERE ANGRY BECAUSE THE KING HAS TREATED THEM BADLY AND THEY DIDN’T LIKE IT.
THE STORY IS REMEMBERED EACH 5TH NOVEMBER, ‘GUYS’ ARE BURNT IN A CELEBRATION KNOWN AS ‘BONFIRE NIGHT’
HISTORY OF BONFIRE NIGHT/ GUY FAWKES NIGHT
FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO, IN 1605, A MAN CALLED GUY FAWKES AND GROUP OF PLOTTERS ATTEMPTED TO BLOW UP THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON WITH BARREL OF GUNPOWDER PLACED IN THE BASEMENT. THEY WANTED TO KILL KING JAMES AND THE KING’S LEADERS.
WHY DID GUY FAWKES WANT TO KILL THE KING JAMES AND THE KING’S LEADERS?
WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH 1ST , TOOK THE THRONE OF ENGLAND SHE MADE SOME LAWS AGAINST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC. GUY FAWKES WAS ONE OF THE SMALL GROUP OF CATHOLICS WHO FELT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TREATING THE ROMAN CATHOLICS UNFAIRLY.
THEY HOPED THE KING JAMES 1ST WOULD CHANGE THE LAWS BUT HE DIDN’T.
CATHOLICS HAD TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION IN SECRET. THERE WERE EVEN FINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T ATTEND TO PROTESTANT CHURCH ON SUNDAYS OR HOLY DAYS.
JAMES 1ST PASSED MORE LAWS AGAINST THE CATHOLICS WHEN HE BECAME A KING.
WHAT HAPPENED?
A GROUP OF MEN LED BY ROBERT CATESBY PLOTTED TO KILL KING JAMES AND BLEW UP THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, THE PLACE WHERE THE LAWS THAT GOVERNED ENGLAND WERE MADE.
GUY FAWKES DISCOVERED
GUY FAWKES WAS GIVEN THE JOB TO KEEP OVER THE BARRELS OF GUNPOWDER AND TO LIGHT THE FUSE. ON THE MORNING 5TH NOVEMBER, SOLDIER DISCOVERED GUY HIDDEN IN THE CELLAR AND ARRESTED HIM. THE TRIAL OF GUNPOWDER AT HIS FEET WOULD NEVER BE LIT.
GUY WAS TAKEN TO THE TOWER OF LONDON.
HE WAS QUESTIONED AND TORTURED ABOUT THE OTHER PLOTTERS
BONFIRE IS CONMEMORATED ANNUALLY IN ENGLAND ON NOVEMBER 5TH BY FIREWORKKS AND BURNING ‘GUYS’(EFFIGIES) ON BONFIRES.
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