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Our world is intrigued by piracy, and it is evident in popular culture. Some children grow up on classics like, Treasure Island and Peter Pan, while teens and even adults flock to the movie theaters for the latest of the Caribbean film. Most modern ideas about pirates stem from The Golden Age of Piracy. The exact dates of the Golden Age of Piracy have been debated, but most recognize it between 1650-1730, with the most prominent piratical activities between 1716-1726. There were many reasons for the of piracy during this period. First, the world was expanding through colonization, or a migration of people from multiple nations. The primary colonizers included the French, Spanish, Dutch, English, and the . The majority of colonization was occurring in the New World, or the Americas. Secondly, many of the new colonial territories were not properly governed and enough men to protect them from pirate attacks. Factors contributing to piracy during the Golden Age included the rise in quantities of cargoes being shipped to Europe over vast ocean areas, reduced European navies in certain regions, the training and experience that many sailors had gained in European navies (particularly the Royal Navy), and government in European overseas colonies. The colonial powers at the time constantly fought with pirates and engaged in several notable battles and other related events.Between 1713 and 1714, a succession of peace treaties were signed which ended the War of the Spanish Succession (also called "Queen Anne's War"). With the end of this conflict, thousands of seamen, including Britain's paramilitary privateers, were relieved of military duty. The was a large number of trained, idle sailors at a time when the cross-Atlantic colonial shipping trade was beginning to boom. Shipping traffic between Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe began to soar in the 18th century, a model that was known as Triangular Transatlantic Slave Trade, and was a rich target for piracy. Trade sailed from Europe to the African coast, trading manufactured goods and weapons for slaves. The traders would then sail to the Caribbean to sell the slaves, and return to Europe with goods such as sugar, tobacco and cocoa. As part of the war's settlement, Britain obtained Spanish government contract, to supply slaves to Spain's new world colonies, providing British traders and smugglers more access to the traditionally closed Spanish markets in America. This arrangement also heavily to the spread of piracy across the western Atlantic at this time.