The Gunpowder Plot, Part 1

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2011

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Under Queen Elizabeth I, English Catholics were subject to discriminatory laws. When King James I took the throne, Catholics unsuccessfully petitioned him for toleration. Tune in to learn how this led a group of Catholics to attempt regicide.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HowstuffWorks.com.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.5	I'm De Blaine and Chalker Bordy, and I'm Thera Dowdy.
0:46.7	And the topic we're about to discuss isn't exactly obscure,
0:50.2	and at least some of our listeners, the British contingent that is,
0:53.7	probably won't be able to say that they missed it in history class.
0:57.5	It has to do with a certain celebration that's coming up in England on November 5th.
1:02.4	Some call it Bonfire Day, others call it Fireworks Night,
1:05.9	and still others know it as Guy Fox Day,
1:08.7	referring to the man whose name is most associated with the notorious gunpowder plot,
1:14.1	a thwarted attempt to blow up Parliament on November 5th, 1605.
1:18.4	It's also called the powder season.
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