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The
|
Gunpowder
|
Plot
|
conspirators,
|
led
by
|
Robert Catesby,
|
were
|
Roman Catholics
|
angry
at
|
King James I
for
|
refusing
to
|
grant
greater
|
religious
|
tolerance
to
|
Catholics.
|
They
|
planned
to
|
blow up
the
|
Houses of Parliament
|
during
the
state
|
opening
of
|
Parliament,
|
intending
to
|
kill
the
|
King
and
|
members of Parliament
in order
to
|
re-establish
|
Catholic
|
rule
in
|
England.
The
|
plan
|
failed
|
when
the
|
conspirators
|
were
|
betrayed.
|
One
of
|
them,
|
Guy Fawkes,
|
was
|
taken
|
into
|
custody
the
|
evening
|
before
the
|
attack,
|
in
the
|
cellar
|
where
the
|
explosives
to
|
be
|
used
|
were
|
hidden.
