Was it because they were made to pay a lot of money by the East India Trading Company or something? Or was it because they just simply wanted to sail around? I need answers for school. thank you.
2006-10-10 05:46:14 · 12 answers · asked by Samantha 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
That's where the money was!
In "the olden days" -- when there were no planes, trains, or trucks--goods were transported by sea. It was a lot faster than travel by land. So robbing ships could be very profitable. A ship at sea: defenseless, and carrying valuable stuff. If you were a robber, wouldn't that sound good to you? :-)
(Willie Sutton was a famous American bank robber in the 1920s and '30s. When a reporter asked him, "Why did you rob all those banks?" he said, "Because that's where the money is.")
2006-10-10 06:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by MailorderMaven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a time when England paid a Capetian to capture French ships and loot them and bring back the booty to the crown. Then England and France made a truce and the captains that once paid to loot the ships were told not to do so. Because of this, some captains turned to pirating to earn their money. Captain Kidd, Blackbeard were two famous pirates. Look up their stories and you'll have a good paper.
2006-10-10 05:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by greylady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the days of Queen Elizabeth, and before a defacto navy was formed, owners of ships could be granted letters of mark that authorised them to attack ships of a nation with which England was at war. These privateers, when they had letters of mark removed, or did not try to attain them, then became known as pirates
2006-10-10 06:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by yellosocks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was probably just because they wanted an easy way to earn money, even though stealing and killing isn't really classed as "earning".
They probably came from bad families, had no education and being a pirate sounded exciting.
2006-10-10 05:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by Yasmin H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pirates like all people needed money, so since they were poor people to begin with and had little education they began stealing from traders and from ocean travelers to make a living.
2006-10-10 05:49:25 · answer #5 · answered by SlapADog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A small form of adult men could make a million greenbacks for some days paintings. there is not any important government to place them in detention center. inform you the certainty, i could probably develop right into a pirate if I lived there.
2016-10-16 01:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly they were given privateer licences by the royal house of the main country's, IE England, Spain and Portugal, to loot the other country's and give the crown they were licenced to a percentage.... the world' s first mercenaries.....
2006-10-10 06:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by JD417 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pirates were the thieves of trade routes. Common criminals who if caught and found guilty of piracy were hung.
2006-10-10 05:55:06 · answer #8 · answered by Teacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think greed. they like the rugged life and sailing, and they need to live and love to party and drink, so they steal stuff because they are uneducated and cant work for a living.
2006-10-10 05:54:09 · answer #9 · answered by Grandma of six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most of them were thugs who wanted to survive but did not want to or could not work a legitmate lifestyle and liked the adventure.
2006-10-10 05:53:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋