2. 1.The construction of the Houses of Parliament. 2.Plan 3.What are the Houses of Parliament ? 4. The Gunpowder plot

4. In the Houses of Parliament there are: -House of Lords and -House of Commons. It’s here laws are voted. House of Commons House of Lords

5. BIG BEN Elizabeth II Tower VICTORIA TOWER COURTYARD

6. Sir Robert Catesby organized a plot against the king, James I of England. He wanted to blow up the House of Lords, during the State Opening of England's Parliament on November 5 th 1605. The plot was revealed to the authorities in an anonymous letter on 26 th October 1605 and most of the conspirators fled from London but Sir Robert Catesby was executed. Sir Robert Catesby The conspirators