Bonfire Night commemorates the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when a group of 13 Catholic conspirators plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. Guy Fawkes was found in the cellar under the House of Lords guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder, intending to kill King James I. Now every November 5th, bonfires are lit and fireworks set off in Britain to celebrate Guy Fawkes' failed assassination attempt. People often burn effigies of Guy Fawkes on the bonfires.

1. Bonfire Night

2. Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...

3. After Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, James I
became king. English Catholics hoped he would
be nicer to them than Queen Elizabeth, but he
wasn’t.

4. A group of 13 men decided a violent action was
needed. They decided to blow up the houses of
parliament.

5. To carry out their plan, the conspirators got hold
of 36 barrels of gunpowder - and stored them in
a cellar, just under the House of Lords.

6. According to the story, an anonymous letter was
received by the king, warning him about the
gunpowder.

7. On November 5th, 1605, Guy Fawkes was in the
cellar when the guards went looking for the
gunpowder. He was arrested and executed.

8. Nowadays, we celebrate the night this
happened. Every year, on the 5th of November,
people light bonfires and fireworks or play with
sparklers.

9. It is common to make a man from pieces of
newspaper and old clothes. He was known as a
'guy'. People would then put the 'guy' on the
bonfire.