JAMES I AND VITHE GUNPOWDER PLOT

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CHILDHOOD The son of Mary Stuard and Henry

Darnley James was born on 19 June 1566 at

Edinburgh Castle His father was killed and her mother had to flee to England Was crowned the king of Scots at the age of 13 Had many regents

REIGN IN SCOTLAND Established royal government Treaty of Berwick Preferred male company, but was forced to marry Anne of Denmark Had three children: Charles, Elizabeth and Henry Frederick Persecution of witches Promoted literature

UNION OF THE CROWNS Was the only possible successor to the

throne Proclaimed king on 24 March 1603 Smooth succession

REIGN IN ENGLAND

Several conspiracies Ended Anglo-Spanish wars He was ambitious to establish a single country under one monarch, one parliament and one law Law against Puritans and Roman Catholics

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT Assassination attempt against James I Led by Robert Catesby Guy Fawkes was in charge of the

explosives Plan was to blow up the House of Lords

during the State opening of England’s parliament

Fawkes was discovered garding 36 barrels of gunpowder and executed

CUSTOMS NOWADAYS After summer holidays, a search is made

in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament

Guy Fawkes Day

AFTER THE PLOT Harsh measures to control catholics Financial problems James dismissed Parliament Died at Theobals House during a violent attack of dysentery in 1625

LEGACY James was widely mourned despite his

flaws The Plantation of Ulster Colonisation of North America Followed by his son Charles