At the end of 1718, BLACKBEARD the pirate amassed a wealth that was talked about all over the West Indies. England was closing in on him and so were the royal courts of Europe. For him, he wanted more before retiring from piracy. He decided to score one last score.
Given the feud between Blackbeard and a business partner ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD, in affect to the Treaty Of Utrecht and the flourishing conglomerate factions of the East India Company, and the sworn lands of the United Provinces; the governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood decreed a royal proclamation (an assembly to kill or capture pirates) directed especially at Blackbeard and his crew, in fear of losing his lands and investments to the truth of commerce in the New Found Providence. Since both shared a common commerce attributing to the mentioned institutions above by creating a chain of markets around the West Indies…
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