Class Notes

Blog Post

• Have other native groups risen against the government?
• Was the article showing a negative light on the people? Yes, showing a negative bias against the Mabuchi.

Pirates and Privateers

• What do we know about piracy? How do we know it?
• Who is a pirate? Who is a privateer?
• Why do people become pirates?
• What effects does piracy have on the Iberian colonial empire?

Notes

• Silver silk and goods are main exports being traded
• Alliances to help prevent ships from being unprotected
• People are being heavily taxed but question if they are protected from pirates.
• Pirates had trouble when they could legally steal.
• Spanish are upset because they are being pirated
• Pirate- lord less Bridget who pirates anything
• Privateer- someone who is paid by a monarch
• Social banditry- social crime lower class resistance
• What is Marcus Rediker’s argument- anyone who was in illicit activity is considered a pirate.
• Spanish trade routes were used against them, Spanish were being stolen from and sold to natives.
• People became pirates because of wealth and greed.
• Living conditions of pirates was not well they had no home for themselves.
• Pirates would spend most of their income on the ports mainly on alcohol.
• MR argument- similarities between pirates and sailors
• Pirates threat to colonial rule
• War time people would become sailors because there was work and opportunity
• If you were a slave or lower-class worker you can become a pirate.
• 1561 Spanish establish fleet system