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Who was Guy Fawkes ? - Level 1
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Who was Guy Fawkes ?
He took part in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The plotters tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament to kill King James I and his government. They were discovered and captured on November 5th. This led to celebrations known as ‘Bonfire Night’, which still happens nowadays. Guy Fawkes was born in York in 1570. Some of his friends were also involved in the Gunpowder Plot. He became a Catholic and fought for the Spanish army. In November 1605 he and a group of plotters tried to blow up Parliament and King James I. They used 36 barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars with the gunpowder and arrested. He was sent to the Tower of London, put on trial and executed. "Bonfire Night" is on 5th November every year. It remembers Guy Fawkes and the failed Gunpowder Plot. Guy Fawkes was not the leader of the Gunpowder Plot - that was Robert Catesby. There were 13 people involved. He liked being called 'Guido Fawkes'. He gave a false name when he was captured - ‘John Johnson.’ On Bonfire Night, children sometimes make a ‘guy’ to put on the bonfire. They do this by stuffing old clothes with straw.