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Timeline
Stede Bonnet's Life1688- Stede Bonnet is born
1717 May- Stede Bonnet leaves his wealthy plantation lifestyle and becomes a pirate; he leaves because he is suffering from a mental disorder, tired of his nagging wife, and/or is depressed by the number of people he has lost in his life
1717 August- Bonnet arrives in Charleston and successfully plunders multiple vessels
1717- Bonnet attacks a Spanish man of war and suffers great loss
1717 September- Bonnet arrives in Nassau and meets Blackbeard; they then work together, Bonnet learns from Blackbeard's example
1718 May- Blackbeard and Bonnet blockade Charleston
1718- Blackbeard leaves Bonnet
1718 September- Battle of Cape Fear River between Captain William Rhett and Stede Bonnet, Bonnet is captured
1718 December- Bonnet is hung with his crew
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Other Events that Affected Him1650's- Golden Age Of Piracy begins; piracy becomes more widespread and is a threat to the world
1715- Yamasee War, this war causes S.C. to become defensively weak, therefore they were an easy target for pirates
1718 January- France declares war on Spain. Bonnet and Blackbeard were thinking about becoming privateers, after they got pardons
1720's- Golden Age of Piracy ends; piracy is no longer as large of a threat, thought of as the end of the Golden Age of Piracy
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