1. The Pirates of Colonial America
Piracy implied challenges to the law because kept themselves away from states" jurisdiction, but that was going to change.3 Pirates were criminals and their actions were villainous and they needed to be punished for their wrong doing. ... The pirates fought unfair and maliciously.5 Another report talked about Paul Williams and his crew of ,pirates, in 1717, that went aboard a ship, near Philadelphia, and stole three hundred and fifty ounces of silver. ... The people of New England regarded sins to be crimes and used Biblical precepts and ideas to create laws and orders.9 The colonists used law...
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