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Monday, November 7, 2011
Guy Fawkes
On 5th November, UK celebrates Guy Fawkes day. Watch the following video and leave a comment on the blog saying who Guy Fawkes was, what he did and what happened to him
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier who worked in the Catholic Army and had to try to get rid of the king James the first (protestant) by blowing up the Parlament with gunpowder, known as the Gunpowder Plot. He was publically executed as his fellow conspirator, "Garnet". Marta Abad 2nd BATX
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator. He served in the Spanish Army of the Netherlands and belonged to a group of English Catholic restoration, which planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament with explosives placed in the foundations of the building and assassinate King James I of England , their families and the rest of the House of Lords. He was the key: it had to detonate the explosives. He was finally arrested on November 5, 1605 and stated that his intentions were to end religious persecution.
It has been difficult for me to understand this video the first time, but I have searched on the web some information in english about Guy Fawkes and I have seen the video again.
The 5th November is an annual commemoration day knowed as Guy Fawkes day or Firework Night. Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator who organized the assassinate of King James I of England with explosives but King James I survived the attempt. From that day, people lit bonfires around London the 5th November and this is the way on which people celebrate the day of thanksgiving for the attempt failure.
I think this history is more interesting because i didn't know about Guy Fawkes, and i don't think that he was a bad person because he made barrels of gunpowder because he wanted to save the country of the King James. In my opinion Guy Fawkes had to decided an other option that kill the king James.
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier. During the war between Protestants from the United Kingdom and Catholics from Spain in 1603, he took part in the Catholic army and he tried to kill James I because he declared himself to be a Protestant and Rome wanted a catholic monarch in England. Guy Fawkes prepared a lot of gunpowder in the houses beneath the Parliament but he was discovered before detonating it and he was publically executed.
Guy Fawkes was a spanish soldier that when Elisabth I died the Pope decided that he had to put a bomb in the parlament of london, because elisabeth's son was protestant not catholic and this was bad for Rome because they would have one catholic king in all of European countries Spain, France ... But some minutes before he blow up the parlament he was discovered by the army, Guy was judged for betrayal. And based of this Sheakspeare do a theatre play.
Guy Fawkes was a Spanish professional mercenary soldier that was used as an instrument to try to destroy king James I of England by Rome. The reason: he was writing another translation of the Bible and also he declared himself protestant. They planned the "Gunpowder Plot" which consisted to put 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the houses of Parliament intending to blow up the King and the entire Government. But he was discovered just moments before everything happened. Finally, he was judged and publically executed.
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier, it intervened in the army and tried to kill James I. They had a plan that they were consisting of accumulating many gunpowder under the houses of the Parliament, and the intention was to make it exploit in order that the King and the Government were exploiting. It did not have great success since they discovered him and he was judged and publicly it was executed.
Guy Fawkes was a Spanish soldier that with twelve young man wanted to blow up the houses of Parliament because James I, who was the successor of Elisabeth I, didn't want to be more tolerant than her mother of the religion of English Catholics, thing that didn't like to these thirteen young man. In doing it, they hoped kill the King, maybe the Prince of Wales too. This plan was called the "Gunpowder Plot", which they put 36 barrels of gunpowder and stored them in a cellar under the House of Parliament. Guy Fawkes was in this cellar when he was surprised by the army, so he was arrested, tortured and executed. Since that day, this memory is remebered and celebrated every 5th November, whose celebration consist in simulate the executation of Guy Fawkes making a big bonfire.
Guy Fawkes was an english catholic fundamentalist that was part of a plot against the British Kingdom, and he's job during the plot was to make then barrils of gunpowder blow up, but he did not succed and he was cought by the police while he was waiting next to the barrils.He got executed and the britsh, celebrate this day on the 5th of november when he got cought.
Guy Fawkes was a professional English soldier and an English catholic cospirador who planned the Conspiracy of the gunpowder with the aim of killing James I of England.
Finally he was arrested and executed the 5th Of November of 1905. Since then, that day is recalls in his native country as the Night of Guy Fowker or the Bonfire Night, simulating the burning in the bonfire of Guy Fowkers.
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary spanish soldier. He planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament with explosives placed in the foundations of the building and to murder King James I of England, their families and the rest of the House of Lords. He had to explode the explosives when the members of parliament were assembled. He was finally arrested the 5th November 1605. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
Guy Fawkes was an english catholic conspirator and a professional mercenary soldier.
The England's king declared his country and himself protestant, but Rome and the Pope wanted all the european's kings were catholics. Then, he belonged to the group who planned the "Gunpowder Plot", whose plan consisted in putting explosives beneath the Parliament to kill the king. Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier and because of this, the 5th of November he was in charge of putting the explosives beneath the Parliament. The problem was that he was discovered before detonating it and he was executed.
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator. He served in the Spanish Army of the Netherlands and belonged to a group of English Catholic restoration, which planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament with explosives placed in the foundations of the building and assassinate King James I of England , their families and the rest of the House of Lords Every year this event is commemorated with bonfires. Marc Domínguez 2 Batxillerat Social
Guy Fawkes was an english military. He belonged to a group of catholics of the sixteenth century. They wanted destroyed the Parliament with explosives, and to kill the king James I and his family. This group was called Gunpowder Plot. In 5 of November, Guy Fawkes was arrested, and he was tortured during some days, because he gave information about his friends. In the 31th of January he was executed in the Old Palace Yard.
Guy Fawkes was a spanish soldier who was used by Rome to get rid of James I (who declared himself protestant, against what Rome wanted to the throne of England).
Guy Fawkes filled the foundations of the Parlament with lots of gunpowder barrels, and was stopped and captured before he was able to make them explode and kill James and the rest of the england government.
Fawkes was publically executed with one of the other conspirators named Henry Garnet, but they were not the only conspirators of what has been called the "Gunpowder Plot".
Oh, and keep this in mind...
"Remember remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot, I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot..."
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator who organized the assassinate of King James I of England with explosives. He planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliamen. The 5th November is an annual commemoration day knowed as Guy Fawkes day or Firework Night because he was arrested and executed the 5th Of November of 1905.
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier and he had worked in the catholic army of Spain.
He planned the Gunpowder Plot and attempted to blow up king James going to the houses of parlament and try to destroy it, he was arrested on 5th of November of 1905. he was executed.
Guy Fawkes was a Catholic conspirator against the king at these moment: King James I of England that he planned to assasinate him with some explosives in the Parliament.
He tried to destroy the parliament and assasinate the king, but the soldiers captured him and they did apublic executation on the 5th Of November of 1905. So this day we celebrate the Firework Night or the Guy Fawkes day.
I didn't know that the Firework Night is clebrated every year for this big conspiration againts the Parliament of the United Kingdom. I just have seen a movie that's based on the facts of this man "V for Vendetta". The protagonist "V" explain the story of Guy Fawkes at the start of the movie, he uses a mask of the Guy Fawkes and he has the similar plans, destroy the United Kingdom Parliament.
Guy Fawkes was an English military and he was Catholic conspirator too. He organized teh death of the King James 1 of england, with a lot of explosives.When the guards found him, they did a public executation.
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier and Catholic conspirator who worked in the Catholic Army. He had to try to get rid of the king James so he planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament using explosives. He was arrested on November 5 and he stated that his intention was to end religious persecution. Later he was publically executed. From that day, every year, UK celebrates Guy Fawkes day because Guy Fawkes died that day.
Guy Fawkes, was a spanish soldier who worked in the Catholic army. He planned the Gunpowder plot because he wants to destroy de parlament. But some guards discobered him and he was executed. Ifound that is a very interesting history. Helena & Carlota Carbonero
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier. He and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill James I. Soldiers discovered Guy hidden and arrested him. The trail of gunpowder would never be lit.
I think all people that were in the Houses of Parliament were very lucky that the soldiers found Guy Fawkes and their lives were saved.
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator, who worked in the Catholic Army, he also organized the assassinate of King James I of England with explosives but King James I survived the attempt. The day 5th of November of 1606 he was executed in public. He was one of many mans that died for political things in history.
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator, a professional mercenary soldier.
He wanted to try to destroy king James I of England, their families and the rest of the House of Lords because he was declared himself protestant. They planned the "Gunpowder Plot" which consisted to put 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the houses of Parliament intending to blow up the King and the entire Government. But just moments before everything happened he was discovered. Finally He was arrested and executed.
The event is celebrated every year with fireworks in commemoration of Guy Fawkes.
Guy Fawkes was a mercenary soldier and he work in the catholic army of Spain. He planned the Gunpowder Plot with the objective to blow the Parliament and kill the King James I because he declared himself to be a protestant and Rome did not want a protestant monarchy, Roma wanted a catholic monarchy in England. But he was discovered and caught before detonating the explosives and he was publically executed as a conspirator.
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot with a group of english catholics. He tried to attempt against King James I by blowing up the Parliament, but the plan was discovered and Guy Fawkes was executed in public.
Gay Fawkes was a spanish soldier that worked on the army. he joined to some catholics when he was only sixteen. He was executed the 5th November 1905. Since then, English people celebate the night of Guy Fowker or the Bonfire Night.
I've never heard to talk about after, I think it's very interesting.
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier who worked in the Catholic Army and had to try to get rid of the king James the first (protestant) by blowing up the Parlament with gunpowder, known as the Gunpowder Plot.
ReplyDeleteHe was publically executed as his fellow conspirator, "Garnet".
Marta Abad 2nd BATX
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator. He served in the Spanish Army of the Netherlands and belonged to a group of English Catholic restoration, which planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament with explosives placed in the foundations of the building and assassinate King James I of England , their families and the rest of the House of Lords. He was the key: it had to detonate the explosives. He was finally arrested on November 5, 1605 and stated that his intentions were to end religious persecution.
ReplyDeleteIt has been difficult for me to understand this video the first time, but I have searched on the web some information in english about Guy Fawkes and I have seen the video again.
ReplyDeleteThe 5th November is an annual commemoration day knowed as Guy Fawkes day or Firework Night.
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator who organized the assassinate of King James I of England with explosives but King James I survived the attempt. From that day, people lit bonfires around London the 5th November and this is the way on which people celebrate the day of thanksgiving for the attempt failure.
Laura Tetuá
2º Batx. Bio
I think this history is more interesting because i didn't know about Guy Fawkes, and i don't think that he was a bad person because he made barrels of gunpowder because he wanted to save the country of the King James.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion Guy Fawkes had to decided an other option that kill the king James.
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier. During the war between Protestants from the United Kingdom and Catholics from Spain in 1603, he took part in the Catholic army and he tried to kill James I because he declared himself to be a Protestant and Rome wanted a catholic monarch in England. Guy Fawkes prepared a lot of gunpowder in the houses beneath the Parliament but he was discovered before detonating it and he was publically executed.
ReplyDeleteGuy Fawkes was a spanish soldier that when Elisabth I died the Pope decided that he had to put a bomb in the parlament of london, because elisabeth's son was protestant not catholic and this was bad for Rome because they would have one catholic king in all of European countries Spain, France ...
ReplyDeleteBut some minutes before he blow up the parlament he was discovered by the army, Guy was judged for betrayal. And based of this Sheakspeare do a theatre play.
Guy Fawkes was a Spanish professional mercenary soldier that was used as an instrument to try to destroy king James I of England by Rome. The reason: he was writing another translation of the Bible and also he declared himself protestant. They planned the "Gunpowder Plot" which consisted to put 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the houses of Parliament intending to blow up the King and the entire Government. But he was discovered just moments before everything happened. Finally, he was judged and publically executed.
ReplyDeleteJudit Morgó
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier, it intervened in the army and tried to kill James I. They had a plan that they were consisting of accumulating many gunpowder under the houses of the Parliament, and the intention was to make it exploit in order that the King and the Government were exploiting. It did not have great success since they discovered him and he was judged and publicly it was executed.
ReplyDeleteGuy Fawkes was a Spanish soldier that with twelve young man wanted to blow up the houses of Parliament because James I, who was the successor of Elisabeth I, didn't want to be more tolerant than her mother of the religion of English Catholics, thing that didn't like to these thirteen young man. In doing it, they hoped kill the King, maybe the Prince of Wales too. This plan was called the "Gunpowder Plot", which they put 36 barrels of gunpowder and stored them in a cellar under the House of Parliament.
ReplyDeleteGuy Fawkes was in this cellar when he was surprised by the army, so he was arrested, tortured and executed.
Since that day, this memory is remebered and celebrated every 5th November, whose celebration consist in simulate the executation of Guy Fawkes making a big bonfire.
Guy Fawkes was an english catholic fundamentalist that was part of a plot against the British Kingdom, and he's job during the plot was to make then barrils of gunpowder blow up, but he did not succed and he was cought by the police while he was waiting next to the barrils.He got executed and the britsh, celebrate this day on the 5th of november when he got cought.
ReplyDeleteErika Rodriguez Falcó
Guy Fawkes was a professional English soldier and an English catholic cospirador who planned the Conspiracy of the gunpowder with the aim of killing James I of England.
ReplyDeleteFinally he was arrested and executed the 5th Of November of 1905.
Since then, that day is recalls in his native country as the Night of Guy Fowker or the Bonfire Night, simulating the burning in the bonfire of Guy Fowkers.
Andrea Corvo Garcia
1r Batxillerat Humanístic
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary spanish soldier.
ReplyDeleteHe planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament with explosives placed in the foundations of the building and to murder King James I of England, their families and the rest of the House of Lords.
He had to explode the explosives when the members of parliament were assembled. He was finally arrested the 5th November 1605.
The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
Laura Bernat Adell
2n batx. bio
Guy Fawkes was an english catholic conspirator and a professional mercenary soldier.
ReplyDeleteThe England's king declared his country and himself protestant, but Rome
and the Pope wanted all the european's kings were catholics. Then, he belonged to the group who planned the "Gunpowder Plot", whose plan consisted in putting explosives beneath the Parliament to kill the king.
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier and because of this, the 5th of November he was in charge of putting the explosives beneath the Parliament.
The problem was that he was discovered before detonating it and he was executed.
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator. He served in the Spanish Army of the Netherlands and belonged to a group of English Catholic restoration, which planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament with explosives placed in the foundations of the building and assassinate King James I of England , their families and the rest of the House of Lords
ReplyDeleteEvery year this event is commemorated with bonfires.
Marc Domínguez 2 Batxillerat Social
Guy Fawkes was an english military. He belonged to a group of catholics of the sixteenth century. They wanted destroyed the Parliament with explosives, and to kill the king James I and his family. This group was called Gunpowder Plot.
ReplyDeleteIn 5 of November, Guy Fawkes was arrested, and he was tortured during some days, because he gave information about his friends. In the 31th of January he was executed in the Old Palace Yard.
Marta Fernández Pons
1r Batx. Humanístic
Guy Fawkes was a spanish soldier who was used by Rome to get rid of James I (who declared himself protestant, against what Rome wanted to the throne of England).
ReplyDeleteGuy Fawkes filled the foundations of the Parlament with lots of gunpowder barrels, and was stopped and captured before he was able to make them explode and kill James and the rest of the england government.
Fawkes was publically executed with one of the other conspirators named Henry Garnet, but they were not the only conspirators of what has been called the "Gunpowder Plot".
Oh, and keep this in mind...
"Remember remember the fifth of November,
the gunpowder, treason and plot,
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot..."
Alex Pujagut
2n Batx. Tecno.
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator who organized the assassinate of King James I of England with explosives. He planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliamen.
ReplyDeleteThe 5th November is an annual commemoration day knowed as Guy Fawkes day or Firework Night because he was arrested and executed the 5th Of November of 1905.
Laura Vilalta
2n Batx. Social
Uau! Gaw Fawkes was a conspirator against the Parliament.
ReplyDeleteChristian Valdés Luna
1st Bach. Social
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator. He served in the Spanish Army of the Nederlands and attempted to blow up the houses of the Parliament.
ReplyDeleteThis plan was called the "Gunpowder Plot", which they put 36 barrels of gunpowder and stored them in a cellar under the House of Parliament.
The plan was well until he was caught by some guards, those guards did a public execution the same day he was discovered.
Bertran Moreno Torras,
2n Batx Social
Guy Fawkes was a professional mercenary soldier and he had worked in the catholic army of Spain.
ReplyDeleteHe planned the Gunpowder Plot and attempted to blow up king James going to the houses of parlament and try to destroy it, he was arrested on 5th of November of 1905.
he was executed.
Mireia Pedraza Macias
2n Batx Social
I had never heard nothing of this man. With this video I could find out who was Guy Fawkes.
ReplyDeleteHe was one of many mans that died for political things in history. His death reason was that he wanted the return of the Catholical religion.
To put it in practice, he tried to overtrhow the parliament with explosives. He tried but he couldn't do it. He was discovered and arrested.
Finally, at trial he was condemned guilty. The day 5th of November of 1606 he was executed in public.
Gemma Moya Martínez,
2n Batx Bio
Guy Fawkes was a Catholic conspirator against the king at these moment: King James I of England that he planned to assasinate him with some explosives in the Parliament.
ReplyDeleteHe tried to destroy the parliament and assasinate the king, but the soldiers captured him and they did apublic executation on the 5th Of November of 1905. So this day we celebrate the Firework Night or the Guy Fawkes day.
I didn't know that the Firework Night is clebrated every year for this big conspiration againts the Parliament of the United Kingdom. I just have seen a movie that's based on the facts of this man "V for Vendetta". The protagonist "V" explain the story of Guy Fawkes at the start of the movie, he uses a mask of the Guy Fawkes and he has the similar plans, destroy the United Kingdom Parliament.
GERARD CASAS SAEZ
1r Batxillerat Tecnològic
Guy Fawkes was an English military and he was Catholic conspirator too. He organized teh death of the King James 1 of england, with a lot of explosives.When the guards found him, they did a public executation.
ReplyDeleteIrina Jamois i Ruiz
1r Batxillerat Social
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier and Catholic conspirator who worked in the Catholic Army. He had to try to get rid of the king James so he planned the Gunpowder Plot in order to destroy the Parliament using explosives. He was arrested on November 5 and he stated that his intention was to end religious persecution. Later he was publically executed. From that day, every year, UK celebrates Guy Fawkes day because Guy Fawkes died that day.
ReplyDeleteJaume Bauzá Sulé
2nd Batx Tecno
Guy Fawkes, was a spanish soldier who worked in the Catholic army. He planned the Gunpowder plot because he wants to destroy de parlament. But some guards discobered him and he was executed.
ReplyDeleteIfound that is a very interesting history.
Helena & Carlota Carbonero
Guy Fawkes died without reveling his complice identities.
ReplyDeleteAlejandro Milla Charco
1st Batx Bio
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier. He and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill James I. Soldiers discovered Guy hidden and arrested him. The trail of gunpowder would never be lit.
ReplyDeleteI think all people that were in the Houses of Parliament were very lucky that the soldiers found Guy Fawkes and their lives were saved.
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator, who worked in the Catholic Army, he also organized the assassinate of King James I of England with explosives but King James I survived the attempt. The day 5th of November of 1606 he was executed in public. He was one of many mans that died for political things in history.
ReplyDeleteCaterina Bellido Carratalà.
2n BATX.
Guy Fawkes was a English Catholic conspirator, a professional mercenary soldier.
ReplyDeleteHe wanted to try to destroy king James I of England, their families and the rest of the House of Lords because he was declared himself protestant. They planned the "Gunpowder Plot" which consisted to put 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the houses of Parliament intending to blow up the King and the entire Government. But just moments before everything happened he was discovered. Finally He was arrested and executed.
The event is celebrated every year with fireworks in commemoration of Guy Fawkes.
Míriam Quero Gramunt
2nd batx Social
Guy Fawkes was a mercenary soldier and he work in the catholic army of Spain.
ReplyDeleteHe planned the Gunpowder Plot with the objective to blow the Parliament and kill the King James I because he declared himself to be a protestant and Rome did not want a protestant monarchy, Roma wanted a catholic monarchy in England. But he was discovered and caught before detonating the explosives and he was publically executed as a conspirator.
Víctor Tirado Petit
2nd BATX TECNO
Guy Fawkes was a spanish professional mercenary soldier who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot with a group of english catholics. He tried to attempt against King James I by blowing up the Parliament, but the plan was discovered and Guy Fawkes was executed in public.
ReplyDeleteGay Fawkes was a spanish soldier that worked on the army. he joined to some catholics when he was only sixteen. He was executed the 5th November 1905. Since then, English people celebate the night of Guy Fowker or the Bonfire Night.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard to talk about after, I think it's very interesting.
Naiara Carrasco Castro
1st Batx. Bio.