A pirate feared by his targets would face less resistance when boarding a ship. He would cultivate an image of fear that helped him become a very successful pirate. Print of “Blackbeard the Pirate” The Fearsome Blackbeardĭuring his time on the Caribbean Sea, Blackbeard would gain a crew consisting of up to 400 men. While Blackbeard’s career as a pirate captain likely lasted only two years, he gained a reputation as one of the most intimidating and fearsome pirates of the time. We don’t precisely know where or when he was born, but he likely served as a privateer in Queen Anne’s War before turning to piracy. One of the most infamous examples was a man known by two pseudonyms – “Edward Teach” and “Blackbeard”. When the war ended, many privateers would continue their actions without that blank check – and would become pirates, outside the law. Privateers were legal pirates – they had a “letter of marque” from the monarch of their country that authorized them to raid the vessels of rival powers. This war would not settle questions of colonial power in the new world, but it would unleash men known as “privateers” onto the waters of the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. As a result, they fought a series of wars over land in the new world – including the long Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713). England, France, and Spain had all claimed huge territories of land in the Western Hemisphere, and would be competing for land and resources in a “mercantilist” economy reliant on colonial profits. In 1718, North Carolina was a colony of Great Britain, part of its growing overseas empire. Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge Colonial Wars and Piracy
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