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Privateers were important because they provided their counntry with goods that was stolen from the other ships
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What does the word privateers mean?
A private vessel incorporated into a navy by Letters of Marque. In former times captains of privateers were often basically pirates, limiting themselves to the merchant shipping of the enemy, in the hope of gaining rich loot thereby. Stan Rogers' song Barratt's Privateers is attached.
What advantages did the US Navy have?
Privateers and more powerful ships.
Why did boots captured by privateers not help Washington mean?
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Which plan of the south's was not a defensive strategy?
1 - The war on US merchant marine by cruisers and privateers.2 - The construction of ironclads to attack the navy of the USA and unlock the main ports.assassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassass
Who founded the Navy?
The founder or Father of the United States Navy was in fact George Washington who created the Continental Navy with the 4 gun- brig* (I believe) Hannah this besides privateers was the beginning of the United States Navy
Are pirates the same thing as privateers?
no theres a difference in pirates and in privateers....
Privately owned ships commissioned to help during wartime?
Privateers
What was the most important contribution of the seagoing privateers during the revolutionary war?
That they captured hundreds of British merchant ships.
Why is Edmond Genet important?
genet wanted to recruit american privateers to help france fight against britain
How do you use the words privateers in a sentence?
Beware, for this coast is rife with privateers andpirates.A whole fleet of privateers awaits without the cove to escort your ship across the pond, m'lady.
Do privateers have ships?
Yes. They wouldn't be called privateers if they didn't have ships.Privateers without ships are called mercenaries.
Who attack the creeks?
privateers
It was dangerous for governments to depend upon the use of privateers because?
C. Privateers might attch their parent counties
When did privateers live?
most privateers lived around the colonial time, but very few still exist today.
Legalized pirates more than a thousand strong who inflicted heavy damage on british shipping?
privateers
What did privateers contribute to the Confederate war effort?
The services of Privateers were purchased by monarchs during war time. Privateers were useful because they were an expansion on the countries military and they were able to carry weapons and trade goods without being attacked by an enemy ship.
How privateers help the American cause?
Privateers or Merchant Mariners help win the Revolutionary War. To add to this, they issued Letters of Marque to privately owned, armed merchant ships and Commissions for privateers, which were outfitted as warships to prey on enemy merchant ships
