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How Piracy evolved since the 17th Century
More of a lifestyle
Since the second generation of sailing ships have come known on the vast seas pirating has started to become a quite common phenomenon. With most of the sailing ships were accompanied by traders that would carry large quantities of different resources which were quite expensive it was an easy job for those scums that have received their names as ‘Pirates’ to just like taking a candy from a child, they had no firearms or cannons to protect themselves and as they were in the middle of the sea there was no point of shouting for help so they had no choice. If they were to show resistance upon the attack they would be slaughtered or a fan favourite of the pirates:
Dance on the plank until you swim with the sharks.
The sea was too large for the authorities to cover or try to protect these ships, however, as the pirating started to become a quite usual criminal role many big traders and important sailors were accompanied by war frigates that were ready to face these pirates. the first type of frigates could hold up to 24 cannons (12 on each side) and a crew of 120 soldiers ready to repeal the pirates and their cunning.
