Evolution of Sailing Vessels
Ancient and early vessels relied on THIS to supplement the use sails.
People with oars
This trading system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a cycle of manufactured goods, enslaved people, and raw materials.
What is the triangle trade?
THIS is defined as “a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.”
What is Piracy?
Many Clipper ships distributed cards for this reason?
What is advertisement?
I will also accept promotional/marketing materials here.
This is a vessel specifically built to carry mail, freight, or passengers on a regular scheduled basis. They were extremely impactful on the spread of news across oceans in a timely manner.
What is a Packet Ship?
Kidnapped as a child in West Africa, this formerly enslaved person wrote one of the most famous accounts of the Middle Passage, which helped fuel the British abolitionist movement.
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
Pirate crews used this document to accomplish the following goals
Allocate authority.
Distribute plunder, food, and other resources.
Enforce discipline.
What are the Articles of Agreement/What are the Pirate Codes
Many empires use this to gather more wealth.
Mercantilism
This innovation in ship propulsion made coal powered steam ships a more viable option for deep ocean voyages.
From paddles wheels to BLANK
The switch from paddles to propellers.
This is the term for the process where an African was kidnapped from their home and transported to the coast of Africa?
This document allowed Pirates to legally plunder vessels that belonged to opposing empires.
What is a Letter of Marque?
A major characteristic of mercantilism is that there is a set amount of THIS in the world, and it is not growing.
What is wealth?
This famous clipper ship was one of the last operational clipper ships, and is now a museum ship in London, England.
What is the Cutty Sark
In this 1839 event, a group of captive African people seized control of a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Cuba, leading to an 1841 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled they were illegally enslaved.
What is the Amistad Case?
This book was a major source of fictional pirate imagery we have today.
What is "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevens?
The Clipper ship "Cutty Sark" was known for partaking in this kind of race
This vessel held the record for the fastest journey of any ship around Cape Horn from NY to SF. This record of 89 days and 8 hours held until 1989.
What was the Neptune's Car?
Navigated by Eleanor Creesy
What is 6%?
This was the highest authority on a Pirate ship
What is the common council?
This type of large, multi-decked ship was often heavily armed and commonly used to transport wealth from the Americas to Europe.
What is a Galleon?