Guy Fawkes and his friends planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder while King James I was inside in 1605, as not all English people liked the King at the time. Their plot was discovered when the barrels were found, and Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were arrested. Guy Fawkes confessed under torture and was executed for high treason. Every November 5th, Bonfire Night commemorates the foiled Gunpowder Plot with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on bonfires.

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2. In 1605 King James 1 was the King of
England. Not everybody in England
liked him.

3. A man called Guy Fawkes decided to
blow up the Houses of Parliament
with the King inside.

4. Guy Fawkes and his friends planned
to use gunpowder to blow up
underneath the King’s chair.

5. 36 barrels of gunpowder were put in
the basement of the Houses of
Parliament on November 5th
.

6. The barrels were found. Guy Fawkes
and his friends were arrested for
trying to kill the King.

7. Guy Fawkes was tortured until he
confessed to trying to blow up the
Houses of Parliament. He was hung.

8. Every year on November 5th
we
remember the gunpowder plot. We
have fireworks outside.

9. We burn bonfires and put a model of
Guy Fawkes on top. We remember
how his plan failed.

10. We burn bonfires and put a model of
Guy Fawkes on top. We remember
how his plan failed.