Guy Fawkes Rebellion

Mohamed Atta was the leader of the group and was from Egypt. Atta’s father enforced extremely that his kids focus on school. So much so, that there

Guy Fawkes was born in York on the 13 April 1570. A protestant by birth, he became a Roman Catholic after the marriage of his widowed mother to a man of Catholic background. In 1593 he enlisted in the Spanish Army in Flanders and in 1596 participated in the capture of the city of Calais by the Spanish in their war with Henry IV of France. He became implicated with Thomas Winter and Robert Catesby and others in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament, as a protest against the anti-Roman Catholic laws and was known to be Britain’s greatest conspirators. We celebrate every 5th of November by throwing a doll replica of Guy Fawkes onto the bonfire to commemorate his failure to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But did he actually attempt to

extreme Puritans, or Separatists. This led King James I, who reigned from 1603-1625, to believe

On April 19, 1775, the citizens of the british colonies of america started a revolution against Great Britain by signing the Declaration of Independence. The decision to do so was supported by what the american people felt was a severe lack of freedom from the British government. the beginning of the American Revolution, the british colonies in America were very harsh on their citizens in terms of freedom. Citizens of these colonies were not allowed to verbally disparage the government and were forced to share religious beliefs with the Church of England. In rebellion, the american people took a stand against Great Britain, and declared themselves as the United States of America.

The familiar saying, “You can’t get something from nothing,” has a particularly significant meaning when it is used in context with the American Revolution. During the 1763-1776 period, many events occurred that led to the American Revolution. The Revolution however, was a mental rebellion before it turned physical and it should have been called the “British Revolution” because changes in Britain had more of an effect on the war than changes in America did. The reasons for the American Revolution elicits a variety of opinions, but there are many reasons that can justify why it was the British actions that made such a perennial change for America. The British started the Revolution through their salutary neglect, imposing new acts and laws onto

The day of the attack, rumors circulated hinting at the grand plot to be carried out that night. Thomas Bench, a Boston civilian loyal to the crown, claims that he heard “conspiracies against His Royal Highness, King George III, alluding to colonial protests

Terrorism is something that has been going on since the dawn of mankind, and it will be with us until the very end. Most people know terrorism only as a horrific, inhumane process that is used to inflict harm and fear towards specific ethnic and religious groups. In reality, however, terrorism was actually used in our very own revolution, the American Revolution. You will see that the Boston Tea Party is a superb example of terrorism. American settlers dressed up like Native Americans, parading and shouting down the streets of Boston late at night, all the way down to the docks, boarded the tea ships, and dumped every parcel of tea down the Charles river. This was the start of American terrorism in the American revolution, and it continued through the war as the Americans started using guerilla warfare and attacking major centers for the British military and the British economy.

The Boston Massacre is not as unknown as it seems. Although there are some events left to a mystery, there are sources from that time, whose information matches up.

There were many factors that caused such an attack. England was a Protestant country, and Spain was devoutly Catholic. The Spanish thought Queen Elizabeth and her Protestant beliefs had to be stopped at all costs. In 1587, Elizabeth had Mary, Queen of Scots, executed. Mary and Philip II were both allies and fellow Catholics, and she had offered the throne of England to him if she were to ever obtain it. After her execution, Philip felt it was his religious duty to make sure no more Catholics were persecuted in England. Not only was England Protestant, but they were also assisting Protestant rebels in the Spanish Netherlands, which “consisted of modern day Holland and Belgium”. Philip II ruled the Netherlands as a Spanish colony, and he wanted them to be Catholic like the mother country. Mainly, Holland wished to be independent from Spanish rule because they did not like

Queen Elizabeth had to be harsh and strict with Catholics, more than she would have preferred in order to maintain peace in England (Elizabeth R). Although Queen Elizabeth was nice, she could also be very strict. When Catholics rebelled she reacted quickly, she had them killed, took away their properties, or imprisoned them. After years of rebellion and fighting, England became a Protestant Country in the early 1600’s (Pitchard 103). “The significance of the Elizabethan religious settlement is that it was able to hold the vast majority of the people together, despite being a compromise few would have chosen” (Elizabeth I).

Oliver Cromwell is – and has always been – one of the most controversial characters in British and Irish history. There are few people in Great Britain and Ireland today who have not yet heard of Oliver Cromwell and either loathe him or see him as a hero. Yet, the world is not black and white and so is the truth about Cromwell. In order to understand his role in both countries as a whole, one has to look at the perspective of both nations, Cromwell’s beliefs and his motives.

The creator of this group was Osama Bin Laden. The U.S. and Osama Bin Laden had different opinions on who had more power and a better religion (Cassidy Frieling). The main reason on why Al-Qaeda did this attack was because of disapproval of America’s relationship with Israel (Olivia Pelaez). The reason behind this is because Israel and the United States are the closest because the U.S. supports them with military and financial assistance (Kyrie Dozer). Also, they wanted America to be the same religion as them which is Islamic (Kyrie Dozer). To sum it up, the reason why Al-Qaeda attacked the U.S. was because our relationship with Israel and our different viewpoints of

Nationalism made the Catholics believe that Henry VIII was right to remove the pope even though they may not have agreed with Henry’s decisions. This change gave the Lutherans and other reformers great hope also, knowing now that their greatest rival, the pope, had been deposed. Unfortunately, other Englishmen who stood firm against the Act of Supremacy met strong opposition from the king. Soon after, another law was passed called the Law of Treason and Heresy. This law made sure that everyone recognized the king as the head of the church and more importantly, brought punishments to anyone who did not receive the king as the lawful head of the Church of England.

This essay will discuss the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when a group of catholic noblemen plotted to blow up the English House of Parliament; the target of the plot was King James VI of Scotland and I of England. This essay will focus on how the event impacted Catholics and their treatment in society and law after the event. Primary sources including letters, Parliamentary documents and their insight into how the event impacted Catholics in the years after the event will be used to provide evidence and Secondary sources to provide different historians views on the treatment of Catholics.

The burning of Thomas Cranmer took Place on Broad Street, Oxford England, on 21 March 1556, but the account wasn’t