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Are pirates the same thing as privateers?
no theres a difference in pirates and in privateers....
Legalized pirates of the American revolution?
privateers
Legalized pirates more than a thousand strong who inflicted heavy damage on british shipping?
privateers
Pirates who operated with the approval of European governments were?
Pirates who operated with the approval of European governments were called privateers.
What are the differences between a pirate and a privateer?
Pirates tend to raid ships, which is frowned upon in the boating society. Privateers, however, perform deliveries of substances, both legal and illegal. Privateers are sometimes victims of pirates.
Why were the activities of the pirates privateers and buccaneers suppress by their governments?
When the pirates starting attacking ships of the same governments that originally hired them.
How might have privateer is been like pirates how were they different?
Privateers committed acts of piracy, but were sanctioned by a head of state to do such against an enemy of that state. Many of them became pirates after privateering was no longer sanctioned.
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 type of pirates was officially licensed by a soverign nation to raid and seize goods carried by the ships of hostile nations?
They were known as Privateers.
What was the US Navy like before it got its independence?
It didn't exist. The British ruled America, so if you mean the British Navy, it was the biggest in the world. The American rebels had some pirates/privateers however, in the war of Independence.
A pirate with the protection and authority of the king was called what?
Ahmed They carried a royal warrant and were called "Privateers" but if you were on the receiving end of this private enterprise you called them pirates.
What did Pirates like and did not like?
Pirates like gold. Pirates do not like Ninjas.
