Why did British and French merchant ships stayed in home ports? How many American ships were trading around the world?

Answer/Explanation:

took place at sea where the armed gangs would board merchant ships. These ships were ransacked of their men. Began capturing American ships that traded w/ the French, also stopped American merchant ships. and forced their crew into the British Navy.

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns