1. Gymnázium Viliama Paulinyho – Tótha v Martine Učíme sa nielen z učebníc, učíme sa pre život. Kód projektu ITMS: 26110130666 Holidays, Festivals, British Calendar 2.november 2014 Mgr. Beata Brziaková Anglický jazyk

3. Who was Guy Fawkes ?  Born 13-th of April 1570 in York, England.  Childhood he was living ane educated in York.  Family Parents- Edward Fawkes, Edith (néeBlake or Jackson). His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic.  Also known as : Guido Fawkes, John Johnson. The name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish.  Fawkes was described by the Jesuit priest and former school friend Oswald Tesimond as "pleasant of approach and cheerful of manner, opposed to quarrels and strife... loyal to his friends„Oswald Tesimond by the author Antonia Fraser as "a tall, powerfully built man, with thick reddish-brown hair, a flowing moustache in the tradition of the time, and a bushy reddish-brown beard", and that he was "a man of action... capable of intelligent argument as well as physical endurance, somewhat to the surprise of his enemiesAntonia Fraser

4.  Life Fawkes later converted to Catholicism and left for the continent, where he fought in the Eighty Years' War on the side of Catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers in the Low CountriesEighty Years' WarreformersLow Countries  Job Occupation soldier.  His ideology Guy Fawkes was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics, where he was introduced to Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate King James I. and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne.English Catholics.

5. James VI and I (19.6. 1566 – 27.3. 1625)  The only son of Mary, Queen of Scots.Mary, Queen of Scots  King of Scotland King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567.  King of England and Ireland King of EnglandIreland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death.union of the Scottish and English crowns The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.ScotlandEnglandpersonal union  Protestant Protestant

6. Gunpowder PlotGunpowder Plot of 1605  failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth.Robert CatesbyProtestantKing JamesPrincess Elizabeth  Thomas Percy hired a cellar under the House of Lords, in which 36 barrels of gunpowder, overlaid with iron bars and firewood, were secretly stored.  Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder they stockpiled there.gunpowder  In the immediate aftermath of the 5 November arrest of Guy Fawkes, caught guarding a cache of explosives placed beneath the House of Lords, James's Council allowed the public to celebrate the king's survival with bonfires, so long as they were "without any danger or disorder". Guy FawkesHouse of Lordsbonfires

8. The main leaders of a plot

9. Why the plan wasn´t succesfull ?  Brought to Light by Anonymous Letter  The conspiracy was brought to light through a mysterious letter received by Lord Monteagle, a brother-in-law of Francis Tresham, on October 26, urging him not to attend Parliament on the opening day.  The furst earl of Salisbury and others, to whom the plot was made known, took steps leading to the discovery of the materials and the arrest of Fawkes as he entered the cellar.

10. What happened with Guy Fawkes?  The trial of eight of the plotters began on Monday 27 January 1606. Fawkes shared the barge from the Tower to Westminster Hall with seven of his co-conspirators.Westminster Hall  Conviction- High treason Penalty, Hanged, drawn and quartered. Place- WestminsterHigh treasonHanged, drawn and quarteredWestminster  Immediately before his execution on 31 January 1606, Fawkes jumped from the scaffold where he was to be hanged and broke his neck, thus avoiding the agony of the mutilation.  Other conspirators, overtaken in flight or seized afterward, were killed outright, imprisoned, or executed.

12. Guy Fawkes Day Guy Fawkes Night Firework Night

14.  The year 1605 was the first year the plot's failure was celebrated. The following January, days before the surviving conspirators were executed, Parliament passed the Observance of 5th November Act, commonly known as the "Thanksgiving Act".Observance of 5th November Act  By the 20th century Guy Fawkes Day had become an enjoyable social commemoration, although lacking much of its original focus.  The present-day Guy Fawkes Night is usually celebrated at large organised events, centred on a bonfire and extravagant firework displays.firework Celebration

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