Paul Revere used his profession as a mean of protest in the 1760s by creating engravings to promote colonial protests.
Eventho it changed it kind of still is similar at the same time
Once the Portuguese breached [entered] the Indian Ocean, they didn't create, like, huge colonies, because there were already powerful empires in the region... ... [6:03] So, Portuguese merchant ships would capture other ships and force them to purchase a permit to trade called a cartaz.