Jesuit Treason

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Jesuit Treason is an alternative name for the Gunpowder Plot, the failed 1605 Catholic conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and assassinate King James I.

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instanceOf Catholic conspiracy
failed assassination attempt
historical event
allegedParticipant Henry Garnet NERFINISHED
Oswald Tesimond NERFINISHED
other English Jesuits
commemoratedBy Guy Fawkes Night NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn November 5
country Kingdom of England
discoveredBy search of Parliament cellars
endTime 1605-11-05
followedBy arrest of Guy Fawkes
executions of conspirators
harsher penal laws against Catholics in England
hasAlternativeName Gunpowder Plot NERFINISHED
Jesuit Treason NERFINISHED
hasCause anti-Catholic laws in England
disappointment with King James I’s religious policy
hasConnotation anti-Jesuit propaganda term
hasGenre political conspiracy
hasGoal assassination of King James I of England
destruction of the English Parliament
restoration of a Catholic monarchy in England
historicalPeriod early Stuart era
location Houses of Parliament NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED
mainPerpetrator Robert Catesby NERFINISHED
materialUsed gunpowder
notablePerpetrator Guy Fawkes NERFINISHED
opposedBy English government
King James I of England NERFINISHED
Protestant establishment in England
participant Ambrose Rookwood NERFINISHED
Christopher Wright NERFINISHED
Everard Digby NERFINISHED
Francis Tresham NERFINISHED
Guy Fawkes NERFINISHED
John Wright NERFINISHED
Robert Catesby NERFINISHED
Robert Keyes NERFINISHED
Robert Wintour NERFINISHED
Thomas Bates NERFINISHED
Thomas Percy NERFINISHED
Thomas Wintour NERFINISHED
plannedMethod detonation of gunpowder beneath House of Lords
pointInTime 1605-11-05
religion Roman Catholicism
significantFigure King James I of England NERFINISHED
startTime 1604
triggeredBy anonymous letter to William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle

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The Gunpowder Plot alsoKnownAs Jesuit Treason
subject surface form: Gunpowder Plot