SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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a pirate hired to steal treasure from ships.
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the Indian name for French priests.
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the settlers that hunted for furs.
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the trading posts built by La Salle
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Detailed explanation-1: -A privateer was a pirate with papers. As the name suggests, privateers were private individuals commissioned by governments to carry out quasi-military activities. They would sail in privately owned armed ships, robbing merchant vessels and pillaging settlements belonging to a rival country.
Detailed explanation-2: -Corsairs, buccaneers and privateers Corsairs were pirates who operated in the Mediterranean Sea between the 15th and 18th centuries.
Detailed explanation-3: -privateer, privately owned armed vessel commissioned by a belligerent state to attack enemy ships, usually vessels of commerce.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the conflict among the three countries was resolved, the privateers were rendered jobless. The end of decent maritime employment didn’t inspire these seamen to divert their ways. As a result, the privateers turned into pirates and continued their trade of raiding and looting ships.