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Therefore, the British should have swiftly increased the Royal Navy’s presence to combat the newly announced American and France alliance. Such a decisively maneuver would have enabled the British to take over an overwhelming majority of American ports along the entire coastline. Thus, General George Washington would have had to face his principal concern. In turn, the British could have then imposed a…

military deadlock. Initially France passed a law known as the Berlin Decree, which meant that any vessel that was in a French port after visiting a British port could be seized ("French revolutionary and Napoleonic…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, released in 2006, is the sequel to the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie which we watched in class. It opens in Port Royal on Elizabeth and Will Turners wedding day, but in a surprising turn of events, upon the arrival of Lord Cutler Beckett, an East India trading mogul, they are quickly arrested on charges of aiding Jack Sparrow escape. While Elizabeth and Will attempt to deal with this new problem, Jack Sparrow, now captain proper of the Black…

From the 18th century to part of the 19th century, the nation of China had a great sense of pride as well as dislike for outsiders. The dislike of foreigners stemmed from the belief that China was the most superior culture in existence. Chinese culture was based off of Confucian theory at the time. This directly influenced the events leading up to the First Opium War. Once western traders arrived in China for the first time, foreign ideas infiltrated China and began to change the ways of life.…

you in your enquiry into the roles played by the Royal Navy in the war at sea in the two world wars. (Sources A-D) The Navy played an important role during WW1 as it protected the British Isles and its colonies. It was also used to blockade the ports of enemy countries, to try and stop supplies of food and other materials getting in. WW1 was largely a land based war, although battles at sea also were also a crucial part of warfare. Overall The Royal Navy played an essential part in ensuring…

Robert Pringle Informed his brother of the impending arrival of 30 barrels of illicit gunpowder immediately after informing him about the location of a naval patrol with a “strong squadron and a great number of troops on board.” Henry Laurens was quick to suggest illicit trade to a few of his trusted business relations, albeit in far more cautious terms. In a letter to Captain Thomas Osborne of the schooner Jolly Batchelor, Laurens stated that “ you and I both know that some branches of…

Queen Anne’s Revenge In November 1996 researchers working with Intersal Inc. found a mound of cannon, anchors, and ballast stones off the coast of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. What the researchers discovered Queen Anne’s Revenge, the flagship of Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach (Wilde-Ramsing:2006). The ship, which sank in 1718, was not professional excavated by archaeologists till 1997 when the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) to control of the site. The site has…

In the direct aftermath of Blackbeard’s blockade, the colonists were quick to request aid. In a letter to the Board of Trade and Plantations in June of 1718 the colonies’ representative wrote that, “the unspeakable calamity this poor province suffers from pyrats obliges me to inform your lordships of it in order that his Majestie know it and be induced to afford us the assistance of a frigate or two to cruise hereabouts upon them for we are continually alarmed and our ships taken to the utter…

Old Bailey in London executed two of William Kidd’s crewmembers in 1701 despite the fact they turned themselves in under a royal pardon. The court determined that since they did not hand themselves over to one of the four appointed commissioners specified in the proclamation their pardon was invalid.…

forbidding the signing of the "no opium trade" bond. The captain negotiated with the governor of Canton and hoped that all British ships could drop off their goods at Chuenpee. Fighting commenced on 3 November 1839, when a second British ship, the Royal Saxon, endeavoured to sail to…