English sailor who raided spanish ships to steal silver and gold for the queen

James Cook

Explanation:

James Cook, more commonly referred to as Captain Cook, was an English sailor and pirate who was stealing gold and silver from the Spanish ships, and was delivering it to the queen. Captain Cook is one of the most famous English sailors, and he became legendary because of his actions. While his achievements in the sailing have largely remained behind the curtains because of his piracy, they were many. His piracy was what made him famous though, causing enormous damage to the Spanish, stealing enormous amounts of wealth from them, sinking their ships, and strengthening the English crown in meantime.

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.