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What two things made James so unpopular?
Excluding people for being Catholic despite his wife a children and he was Scottish -
What was Guy Fawkes quote in the interrogation room about Charles?
"To blow you back to your Scottish mountains" -
Why did the gunpowder plotters believe that destroying the King and Parliament would help them?
They believed it would make the country catholic again -
In 1604 who led the gunpowder plotters?
Robert catesby -
In June 1604 what was Thomas Percy's and the plotters first but unsuccessful?
To tunnel under from a nearby rented house -
In June 1604 who did Guy Fawkes pose to be?
John Johnson a servant of the kings bodyguard Percy? -
In march 1605 who did the plotters rent a vault beneath parliament from?
A coal merchant -
Why was there no security despite their location?
As no one had ever tried an assassination with explosives? -
What two things made Guy Fawkes stand out compared to the other plotters?
He was an explosives expert and he was unknown to the authorities -
Witch month did Catesby bring people in to gain more support for the Catholic rising?
October
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