MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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sent John Jay to make a treaty
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had Congress pass an embargo
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bought Louisiana Territory
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sent warships and Marines to attack
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Thomas Jefferson became president, the pirates increased the cost of the tribute and Jefferson refused to pay it. Instead, he sent United States warships to the Mediterranean Sea, which eventually began bombarding the pirate bases. The pirates surrendered in 1805 in what came to be known as the First Barbary War.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Thomas Jefferson became president of the US in March 1801, he sent a US Naval fleet to the Mediterranean to combat the Barbary pirates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson was sworn into office on March 4, 1801. The third President believed military force, rather than endless tributes, would be needed to resolve the Tripoli crisis.
Detailed explanation-4: -First Barbary War, also called Tripolitan War, (1801–05), conflict between the United States and Tripoli (now in Libya), incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli.