gunpowder
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This commemorates the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of English Catholics failed to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant king.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Gunpowder started to change that, but early firearms were comically inept.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
It is where some of those behind the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 took shelter and hid before they were caught.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
“There are certain things you can do with thumbnails to just get clicks, which we’re not interested in,” says Floris Bauer, co-founder and president of Gunpowder & Sky.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Gunpowder was even harder to get, but all over New England saltpeter, sulphur, and charcoal were being ground to a paste, made into gunpowder.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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