Timing of the Gunpowder Plot
Why did Robert Catesby and his co-conspirators select November 5 as the date to execute their plot?
AA significant bill intended to further restrict the rights of Catholics was scheduled to be signed.
BThey knew the king would be absent and had devised an alternative plan for his assassination.
CParliament was least protected on that day due to a reduced number of scheduled sessions.
DIt coincided with the official state opening of Parliament.
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