The United Colonies And Its Effects On Trade And Illegal...

The Caribbean rival colonies caused major disruption in trade and more illegal activities were spreading across the new land. The exportation of treasured metals previously deviated from Peru to Mexico causing the connection between the metropolis and the colonies to disintegrate. There were two types of societies that existed, the Maroons and the Buccaneers. The first type was made up of struggling settlers that had violent tendencies, plantiers, exasperated officials, slaves, and free persons of color. The second type was considered as a trans-frontier group to include, Maroons, slave escapees to defiant freebooters (Buccaneers). The Maroons formed a successful surrogate to the Europeans. They developed fierce personalities with great†¦show more content†¦Whereas the second type, gran marronnage was very different. This consisted of an organized attempt to establish political and social communities of European colonial enclave. Maroons acquired the necessities to survive i ncluding, firearms, tools, utensils, and food once successful marronage was enabled. Between the mid-seventeenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth century the Buccaneers were in their glory. Transitioning politically and socially, the Buccaneers economy was greatly dependent on selling hides and boutcan to the ships passing through the Mona Passage and the Windward Passages. They also achieved international fame by performing freelance attacks on the Spanish possessions in and around the Caribbean. With the support of rival states the Buccaneers continued their attacks on the Spanish, which helped the success of non-Spanish attempts at colonization. The communities of Buccaneers represented a phase in the shift from pioneering colonialism to organized imperialism. They began to make profits off of different kinds of animals such as dogs, horses, cattle, and hogs. The Buccaneers succeeded their attacks on the Spanish by maintaining support from other states and this created a greater opportunity for colonization. This developed a bond between the Buccaneers and other cultures around the Caribbean. The