Vocabulary
Weapons
Pirates
100
crops sold for profit.
What is cash crop?
100
short, board. blade used for hand to handfighting.
What is a cutlass?
100
the orginal pirate flag.
What is Jolly Roger?
200
amounts of good left over.
What is surplus?
200
light and proable, pirates favorite weapon but was slow at reloading.
What is a pistol?
200
an Irish cuttroat pirate, that is the wife of Calico Jack.
Who is Anne Bonny?
300
Annual Land Tax paid to the Lord Proprietor
What is quitrent?
300
originally made from brass, used to destroy a ship mast or sink the ship.
What is a cannon?
300
an infamous pirate, that only killed when confronted, named Edward Teach.
Who is Blackbeard?
400
To buy something in the hopes that prices will later rise.
What is speculating?
400
short barrel, limited it's accurancy, so it was only used at dose range.
What is the musketoon?
400
an english pirate that sailed in the Bahamian Islands. His ships name was the Kingston.
Who is Calico Jack?
500
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1660’s that listed which colonial goods, such as tobacco, dried fish, flour, or shingles would be subject to customs duties.
What is Navigation Acts?
500
an english pirate that sailed in the Virginia and Carolina coasts. His ships name was Revenge/ Royal James.
Who is Stede Bonnett?