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Piracy, sugar & slave trade
One of the most famous pirates or buccaneers was Henry Morgan.
He was an Welsh buccaneer, most famous of the adventurers who plundered Spain’s Caribbean colonies during the late 17th century. Operating with the unofficial support of the English government, he undermined Spanish authority in the West Indies. Source: http://www.britannica.com/
The Triangle Trade
Reflective Questions:
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Why did the English king support British pirots?
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What was the significance of the sugar productions in the West Indies also called sugar islands from the British imperial point of view?
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Why did white settlers start to transport slaves from Africa to the Carribean in vast numbers?
Buccaneers
Watch the video about the British Empire by Niall Ferguson.
The empire on which the Sun never set
A short history of the
British Empire
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