MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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He paid bribes to the Barbary pirates to ensure safe passage for American ships in the Mediterranean Sea.
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He joined with several European nations in an effort to capture and dismantle the fleet of ships crewed by Barbary pirates.
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He went to war with Tripoli, the home base of the Barbary pirates.
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He refused to negotiate with the pirates; instead he avoided trade in the Mediterranean Sea until European forces expelled the threat.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson, who believed that paying off the pirates only led to more demands, announced that there would be no more tributes paid. Tripoli demanded a payment of $225, 000 on top of annual payments of $25, 000. Jefferson refused to pay, and Tripoli declared war on the US.
Detailed explanation-2: -After finding American commerce in the Mediterranean had almost stopped due to the pirates, the Continental Congress agreed in 1784 to negotiate treaties with the four Barbary States. Congress appointed a special commission, consisting of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, to oversee the negotiations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The combination of a strong American naval blockade and an overland expedition from Egypt finally brought the war to a close, with a treaty of peace (June 4, 1805) favourable to the United States. The other Barbary rulers, though considerably chastened, continued to receive some tribute until 1816.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Barbary Wars were a series of two wars fought by the United States, Sweden, and the Kingdom of Sicily against the Barbary states (including Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli) of North Africa in the early 19th century. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800 and was joined by the newly independent US.
Detailed explanation-5: -Following the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna in 1814–15, European powers agreed upon the need to suppress the Barbary corsairs entirely. The threat was finally subdued by the French conquest of Algeria in 1830 and subsequent pacification by the French during the mid-to-late 19th century.