November
5th 1605 was all set to be a special and happy day. King James
I was going to Parliament
for an important ceremony and the building would be packed
with people.
Little did they know that all of their lives were in danger...
for more than a year a gang of men had been secretly plotting
to kill them all in a huge explosion.
Robert Catesby was the brains behind the deadly plan. He
couldn't work alone, so gathered a group of like-minded men,
including the famous Guy Fawkes, to help him. The gang's plan
came to be called the Gunpowder Plot.
Explore the picture
to find out more about the plotters.
The Conspirators by Crispijn van der Passe
the Elder, National Portrait Gallery, London
This scary muttering is based on some of the things we know the plotters actually said. Click to listen and see if you can work out what they're saying.
Why
were the Gunpowder Plotters desperate enough to kill? Sadly,
the main reasons were religion and power. Take a look at the
pages below to find out why.
November
5th 1605 was all set to be a special and happy day. King James
I was going to 
