because they had bad upbringings as children and they take their anger out on other ships when secretly, theyre all scared little children who need someone to stretch their arm out and give them a hug. pirates are people too, theyre just misunderstood.
Cannonballs
Pirates.
Because they attack their ships.
The articles of confederation encouraged the pirates to attack because under the aoc, US had little military power to protect their ships and congress could not draft troops and had to request them from states.
Corsairs were given license by the authorities to attack enemies ships (they attack only enemies ships no french ships) while pirates were those who attacked any ships of any country including those of french.
Corsairs were given license by the authorities to attack enemies ships (they attack only enemies ships no french ships) while pirates were those who attacked any ships of any country including those of french.
it is what pirates do
not really like in the movies but they did attack british and american ships in the colonization of americas when the trade routes from britian and america ships would cross and they would attack the ship and take the "treasurers" on board. not like the pirates of the caribbean where they go into a cave. similar to todays samoly pirates that kill and take people for ransom in south east africa.
Privateer
the crow's nest
Pirates who were licensed to attack other ships were known as privateers. These privateers operated under a government-issued letter of marque, which authorized them to capture enemy ships and seize their cargo during wartime. This practice was common in the 16th to 19th centuries, as countries like England, France, and Spain used privateers to augment their naval power without the expense of maintaining a large navy. While privateers engaged in legal forms of piracy, their actions were often indistinguishable from those of regular pirates.
Not usually. Pirates were sometimes given ships by governments that wanted to hire them, sometimes they were wealthy enough to have ships built for them, sometimes they just commandeered other ships.