1. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!

2. Early Piracy By 1524, 50% of all Spanish ships are taken by Pirates
The Spanish build the Spanish Treasure Fleet
Special built navy to protect cargo ships and hunt pirates
Sir Francis Drake
English Privateer
Captures the Cacafuego, over 15 tons of gold and silver

3. Buccaneers Buccaneers Boucanier-smoker of meat
Establish colony at Tortuga in 1625
very violent place
1,000 prostitutes brought in to calm everyone down
Francis L’Olonais “Flail of the Spaniards”
Known for excessive violence and torture
Hated the Spanish!!!!

4. Buccaneers The REAL Jack Sparrow Bartholomew el Portugese
Originally had a tiny ship with 4 cannon and 30 crewmen
Took a much larger Spanish ship but lost ½ his men
Was running from 3 Spanish ships, hit a storm and ran aground
Got another ship, crew of 20 men, and took ANOTHER large Spanish ship
Ran it aground, returned to Jamaica in a row boat……..

5. Golden Age of Piracy Edward Teach “Blackbeard” Captain 1716-1718
Grew beard out after becoming Captain, wanted to look intimidating
Queen Anne’s Revenge
Gets a pardon from North Carolina, retires there
Virginia hires 2 pirate hunters
They catch, kill, and decapitate Teach

6. Golden Age of Piracy Bartholomew Roberts “Black Bart”
Was a crewman aboard a slave ship that was captured by pirates
Within 6 weeks, he becomes Captain
Takes 470 ships in only 3 years:
42 Portuguese ships in Brazil
172 ships in Newfoundland
Gets cornered off African coast by a British warship and killed in action

7. American Pirates Jean Lafitte Originally based out of New Orleans
Used his brother’s shop to sell his stolen cargo
Had one major rule-Do Not Attack American Ships!
Helped defend New Orleans in the War of 1812
Moved base to Galveston, involved in the slave trade
Killed in Colombia in 1832
Pirate for about 20 years