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The History of Bonfire Night

The History of Bonfire Night. Bonfire Night. Every year on 5th November children and adults in Great Britain get very excited because it is Bonfire Night. Some people call it Guy Fawkes Night. Making a Guy.

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The History of Bonfire Night

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  1. The History of Bonfire Night

  2. Bonfire Night Every year on 5th November children and adults in Great Britain get very excited because it is Bonfire Night. Some people call it Guy Fawkes Night.

  3. Making a Guy People celebrate by making a guy, which is a bit like a scarecrow. They place the guy on the top of a big bonfire, they light the bonfire and set off fireworks.

  4. Catholics and Protestents The reason Bonfire Night is celebrated is because over 400 years ago there were laws to prevent Catholic people from celebrating their religion. When King James 1, who was a protestant, came to the throne the Catholic people thought that he would scrap these laws, but he didn’t. In fact, he made even more laws against the Catholics. A group of Catholic men led by Robert Catesby decided they would no longer put up with these laws and plotted to kill the King. We call it the Gunpowder Plot.

  5. Searching the Palace of Westminster The plotters bought a house next door to the Palace of Westminster, which is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Together these are known as the Houses of Parliament. The house that the plotters bought had a cellar that went under the House of Lords. The House of Lords is the place where the Lords and King would meet to agree the laws. The plotters put 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellar with the intention of blowing up the Lords and the King. This is the Houses of Parliament with the House of Lords highlighted in red

  6. Why We Celebrate Bonfire Night They knew the King would be visiting the Houses of Parliament on 5th November 1605 for a special ceremony called the ‘State Opening of Parliament’. This is a ceremony where the King or Queen meets members of parliament to pass new laws. Guy Fawkes was given the job of keeping watch over the barrels of gunpowder and to light the fuse. Someone reported them before they managed to blow it up and the Palace of Westminster was searched. Guy Fawkes was found in the cellar below the House of Lords with the 36 barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606

  7. Guy Fawkes Confession Guy Fawkes was arrested and taken to the Tower of London. At first, he would not say why he was in the cellar but eventually he confessed. This is part of one of the confessions made by Guy Fawkes

  8. Observance of 5th November Act People all around London were really pleased that the Houses of Parliament had not been blown up and their King had not been killed. A few months later the Parliament introduced the ‘Observance of 5th November Act’, which gave people a public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure. To celebrate, people lit great bonfires on the night of 5th November. Scenes at Windsor Castle 1776

  9. Violent Meetings Over the years, this caused lots of problems because people used it as an excuse to burn effigies of people they did not like. An effigy is a model of a person that is made to be damaged or destroyed. Some people who did not agree with the Catholic religion made effigies of the Pope (the leader of the Catholic Church) and would have violent meetings, where they would fight in the streets.

  10. Celebrating Peacefully Over 250 years later in 1856 the ‘Observance of 5th November Act' was repealed (stopped) and eventually people began to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a peaceful way.

  11. Nowadays Nowadays people celebrate by lighting bonfires just like they did 400 years ago. Most people go to an organised event where they gather around a very large bonfire.

  12. Firework Display And watch extravagant firework displays…

  13. Sparklers and light sparklers.

  14. Food Eaten on Bonfire Night People also celebrate by eating nice food such as baked potatoes, toffee apples, Parkin cake and treacle toffee. Treacle Toffee Parkin Cake Toffee Apple Baked Potato

  15. A Rhyme to Remember We say a special rhyme to help us remember the 5th of November: Remember, remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason, Why Gunpowder Treason, Should ever be forgot.

  16. Stay Safe Stay safe on Bonfire Night: • Wear a coat or jacket • Wear a hat • Wear gloves • Wear sensible shoes

  17. This Firework Code was produced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  18. Fireworks Code • Keep fireworks in a closed box • Follow the instructions on each firework • Light all fireworks at arms length • Stand well back • Never go back to a firework that has been lit. Even if it hasn’t gone off, it could still explode. • Never put fireworks in your pocket • Never throw fireworks • Never Give sparklers to a child under five • Light sparklers one at a time and wear gloves • Keep Pets indoors

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