There are many causes for the gunpowder plot. They were building up for more than 100 years. On the night of November 5th Guy Fawkes and many others intended to blow up the houses of Parliament. Their plan was to not only to, not only, kill the King but to also replace him with his Catholic daughter.
<Tab/>The first, most important event, was Henry's VIII's reformation which had totally altered the religious and political face of England. England had now turned its back on Rome, and with it the supremacy of the Pope as God's representative all year round. …
