1. Guy Fawkes and the
Gunpowder Plot

2. 1603
• James I becomes King of England
• Fines Catholics not attending
Church of England services and he
puts Catholic priests to death.

3. 1604
• Robert Catesby
hatches a plan to
blow up Parliament
on the day it opens.

4. Guy Fawkes
• The plotters recruit Guido Fawkes,
an explosives expert.

5. The plot is hindered
• Rent a house near to Houses of
Parliament and start tunnelling.
• Water leaks in from the River
Thames
• Walls of the House of Lords could not
be penetrated.

6. A change of fortune
• State Opening of Parliament
postponed until 5th November
1605
• Cellar room becomes available
for rent.

7. The plan takes shape
• 36 barrels of
gunpowder
moved to the
cellar and
hidden behind
firewood.
• Guy Fawkes left
in charge of
guarding it.

8. Who sent the warning?
• Lord Monteagle, an MP –
and cousin of Francis
Tresham – receives a
letter, warning him to not
attend the State Opening
of Parliament.
• Monteagle shows letter to
Robert Cecil who, in turn,
shows it to the King.

9. 4th November 1605
• King orders search of the
cellars.
• ‘John Johnson’ found with
pile of wood.
• 2nd search - gunpowder is
found.
• Johnson is arrested and
taken to the Tower.

10. Torture in the Tower
• Johnson
confesses to
being Guy
Fawkes.
• After four days
of torture he
confesses to the
Plot.

11. The other plotters
• Meanwhile, the other plotters had been
hiding in a house in the Midlands.
• Soldiers surround the house.
• Catesby, Percy & Winter brothers are shot
dead.
• Remaining plotters taken to the Tower.
• Tried, and found guilty of High Treason.

12. January 1606
• Plotters hanged, drawn and quartered
for their crimes.