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    Piracy was rampant in the New World during the colonial period, especially in the Caribbean. European powers like France and Britain supported pirates in raiding Spanish ships to disrupt Spain's monopoly on trade and weaken their control. Major pirate havens included Port Royal, Tortuga, and Nassau. While piracy hurt Spain's economy and trade, it also benefited the colonies by bringing wealth and goods through black markets. Famous pirates active in the region included Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, and Henry Morgan.

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    Piracy was rampant in the New World during the colonial period, especially in the Caribbean. European powers like France and Britain supported pirates in raiding Spanish ships to disrupt Spain's monopoly on trade and weaken their control. Major pirate havens included Port Royal, Tortuga, and Nassau. While piracy hurt Spain's economy and trade, it also benefited the colonies by bringing wealth and goods through black markets. Famous pirates active in the region included Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, and Henry Morgan.

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    Piracy was rampant in the New World during the colonial period, especially in the Caribbean. European powers like France and Britain supported pirates in raiding Spanish ships to disrupt Spain's monopoly on trade and weaken their control. Major pirate havens included Port Royal, Tortuga, and Nassau. While piracy hurt Spain's economy and trade, it also benefited the colonies by bringing wealth and goods through black markets. Famous pirates active in the region included Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, and Henry Morgan.

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    Piracy in the New World

    Dirk Harrison, Jaleel Smith, Jonathan Mahfood, Marquis Steele,


    Kasim Richards
    What is Piracy?
    ● The act of seizing a ship or its cargo from its
    lawful owners or their agents,
    ● This has been endemic to maritime nations
    ever since man first set sail upon the high
    seas.
    ● It had a spike in popularity in the
    Elizabethan era
    ● A specialized category of officially
    sanctioned piracy defined as "activities by
    armed privately-owned vessel(s)
    commissioned for war service by a
    government," presented a threat in the
    waters of the New World going back to the
    earliest days of colonization
    Why was it done?

    ● Piracy was introduced to help strengthen the Spanish Empire’s monopoly over the
    New World.
    ● As the Spanish began to transport more valuable and precious cargo, many
    pirates saw an opportunity to attack the Spanish vessels and claim the goods.
    ● The French and the British funded pirates to sabotage Spanish shipping in the
    region and disrupt supply lines
    Piracy in the Caribbean

    Islands where piracy was rampant included:

    ● Port Royal, Jamaica


    ● Tortuga, Haiti
    ● Nassau, The Bahamas
    Piracy Impact on Spanish Monopoly
    Since pirates sailed with an agenda of procuring loot from nearby ships, there was
    a responding improvement and decline in the dominant efforts of the Spanish
    Empire as:
    ● Spoils were brought back home as a source of wealth to further strengthen
    Spain’s economy.
    ● Piracy weakened Spanish-French relations, inferring that Spain thought that
    he could function independently
    ● Piracy caused a destabilization in Spanish settlements, broke Spain’s
    monopoly over trade and displayed that Spain could not protect their
    territory.
    How did the Spanish respond?
    Many successful and devastating attacks from pirates forced the Spanish to sail in large fleets
    consisting of many armed vessels
    How Piracy In the New World Benefited the Colonies
    ● In America, the colonists were being
    h
    starved of goods they desperately needed
    by the mother country.
    ● Pirates who stalked the Indian Ocean
    carried back silver, gold and other precious
    metals to the colonies and acted as a sort of
    black market system for the colonists at
    the time.
    ● The pirates created an economic boom by
    selling stolen silks, satins, spices and other
    merchandise which made Port Royal,
    Jamaica, for example, known as the
    “richest and wickedest city in the world”.
    Famous Pirates
    Their were many important and well known personalities during the time. Some of these
    pirates include:

    ➢ The infamous Blackbeard (Edward Teach)


    ➢ Bartholomew Roberts
    ➢ Henry Morgan

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