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James I and VI The Gunpowder Plot. Andri Lõhek X A. 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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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JAMES I AND VITHE GUNPOWDER PLOT
Andri Lõhek X A
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