Bonfire Night is celebrated on November 5th to commemorate Guy Fawkes' failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Guy Fawkes and other Catholic conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London while King James I and the Protestant government were inside, in an attempt to return England to Catholic rule. They stored 36 barrels of gunpowder in cellars beneath the Houses of Parliament but were caught before they could light the fuse when one of the plotters sent an anonymous letter warning a friend not to attend Parliament on November 5th. Bonfire Night celebrations today involve fireworks displays and bonfires to burn effigies of Guy Fawkes.

1. BONFIRE NIGHT

2. Bonfire

3. WHEN IS BONFIRE NIGHT?
“Remember, remember the fifth of November”
- The 5th of November

4. REMEMBER, REMEMBER
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, ‘twas his intent
To blow up King and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England's overthrow.
By God's mercy he was catched,
With a dark lantern and lighted match.
Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the King

5. WHAT IS BONFIRE NIGHT?
• Firework parties in parks across England

6. The Gunpowder Plot

7. Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the
Houses of Parliament in 1605.

9. This was because of religion. England
was a Protestant country and the
plotters were Catholic. They wanted
England to be Catholic again, which they
thought they could do if they killed King
James I and his ministers.

10. Fawkes and his group put 36 barrels of
gunpowder in cellars underneath the
Houses of Parliament in London

11. • One member of Fawkes' group sent a letter to his friend who worked in Parliament,
warning him to stay away on 5 November. The King's supporters got hold of the letter and
the group got caught!
• Guards broke into the cellars where the gunpowder plotters were waiting. They were
arrested and executed.

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