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1. Gunpowder Plot

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   The Gunpowder Plot was a failed conspiracy in 1605 to assassinate King James I of England and destroy Parliament by detonating explosives beneath the House of Lords. The plot was orchestrated primarily by a group of English Catholics who sought to topple the Protestant monarchy and replace it with a Catholic regime. The conspiracy was discovered before the explosives could be detonated on 5 November 1605, leading to the arrest and subsequent execution of the conspirators, most n…