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[ELI5]: What exaclty was the watergate scandal?

What was the watergate scandal, and why was it such a major scandal?

Edit: Thanks, DrRocketer for providing the simplest explanation that i've seen so far.
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Nixon hired burglars to break into the Democratic National Convention headquarters at the Watergate hotel, wanting them to bug their files, phones etc, so he could know what was going on within the party in order to help himself secure his re-election against the Democrats.

The Washington Post writers then discovered this with the help of "Deep throat", following the trail of money leading from Nixon to the burglars, thus leading to his resignation.