History B Schools History Project GCSE
Privateering
What Privateering means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Privateering
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Reference: OCR
Attacking enemy ships with official permission, letters of marque, from the Queen, unlike piracy.
Topics that use Privateering
Related terms
- Anglo-Spanish conflict
- East India Company
- Economic ambition
- Economic change
- Economic expansion
- Economic hardship and demographic change
- Exploration and colonisation
- Factional rivalry
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