Caribbean sea piracy had its heyday in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries

Caribbean sea piracy had its heyday in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Which of the following factors contributed most to the rise of piracy?
B) Lack of other employment for sailors ✔





For piracy to prosper, trained sailors were needed. During the periods of uneasy peace among the leading nations of Europe, many sailors joined pirate crews for lack of another available living.