[post_page_title]Nobody makes a pirate like a Spaniard[/post_page_title]
As colonial powers gained more trade options in mid 17th century, there was money to be made, and to be stolen. The end of the War for the Spanish Succession left many able, well-trained sailors jobless, just as the trade of goods from the New World was booming. When French sailors were hunted down by the Spanish navy off the island of Hispaniola, they turned to piracy. Furthermore, as English colonies suffered from lack of commerce, English sailors saw this as a chance to plunder and to trade the loot.
