Why do the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies depict English control?

Question

If memory serves, Spain held the entire Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and surrounding areas. Why do the movies show "Port Royal" as a British settlement?

Answer 1

Because Port Royale was a british settlement.

Feel free to view the history of Jamaica and the city of Port Royale. It was originally a spainish claim because of columbus....but then was seized by Adm. Penn by British and for British control, Sugar exporting and West Indies Trading Company.

Later it became the home of Captain Henry Morgan (yes the same captain of the famous bottle of pirate....*ahem* excuse me I mean buccaneer rum) I better make sure I get that right as Cap'n Morgan was not a pirate, he did what he did for England and eventually became Governor of Jamaica.

Spain, Holland, France and England all had stakes in the Caribbean as well as other countries that gained no real fame from the control and was eventually removed by sea fairing politics. Spain was by far the heavy control in the South along the South American areas, West along the Mexican areas, and North along the Cuban and florida areas. However, there were constant wars left and right in those waters for gold rights, trading rights, sugar rights, coffee, tobacco and a whole schlew of other exports from the new land. Pick up a history book you'll see St. Martin/St. Maarten is still divided between French and Dutch lines as well as Haiti/Dominican Republic which have since broken away from their europarent rules and made their own lands.

yes Spain was heavy in presence there but was the main target of everyone as far as wars and privateering were concerned. Spain lost a lot of control of certain key elements just because they lost one ship in many instances. Dutch authorities lost their hold for the most part, and France and England were strong defenders of what they had taken,places such as Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Key West, New Orleans-points out New Orleans was french from the get go and might explain why it was posistioned so poorly as a claim to the whole Mississippi-and a few other larger ports, islands, and areas.

(points out Florida held 5 fives at one time and now currently holds festivities honoring those five flags --Spain, England, France, Confederate and USA) Holland never made it inside the Florida Straights.

Answer 2

Lots of European countries controlled territory in the Caribbean. The British controlled Port Royal.

Answer 3

Because right or wrong, it was mostly England that was historically in control during this time period.

Answer 4

Disney sucks at history is why