During the eighteenth century, piracy began ruling the waters surrounding the American colonies. ... In the colonies during the eighteenth century, there were codes of justice that were based heavily on moral and religious ideals from the Bible. ... Captain Kidd was a famous pirate known for his violent crimes in the Atlantic World during the late seventeenth century. ... For the Christian communities these were used as moral lessons, but the entertainment was more important for most people.19 In the eighteenth century, the newspapers contained countless reports of piracy with intriguing stori...

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Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's King George III. There was growing unrest in the colonies concerning the taxes that had to be paid to England. This was commonly referred to as "Taxation without Representation" as the colonists did not have any representation in the English Parliament and had no say in what went on. As the unr...

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