Rewards for the capture of pirates could be great, depending on how much the authorities wanted the pirate. For instance, the reward for the apprehension and subsequent beheading of Blackbeard was 100 pounds, a huge amount of money at the time.
Not sure if this is specific to modern warfare, it mostly happened in the late 1700s and early 1800s. It is called Impressment.
That depends on the application the ship was built for. Here is a link to information and pictures of ships that you would have seen in 1700: http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/pirate%20ship.html
Thieves is usually the accepted description of pirates. A plural of pirate. To steal with violence at sea. The term now has different connotations.
Edward Teach or Edward Thatch (born around 1680 - November 22nd 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the Eastern coast of the American colonies during the early 1700s. Teach was most likely born in Bristol, England.
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== Yes, there are still pirates. == However, they are not at all like the romanticized pirates of the late 1600s and early 1700s. Today's pirates tend to be ruthless drug-runners who kill everyone in their path.
what happened in the 1700s
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Yes, there were schools in the 1700s
what is the population of Boston in 1700s
Gasoline as a fuel did not exist in the 1700s!
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