THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
BARBARY PIRATES
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1 year
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4 years
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6 months
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5 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States fought two separate wars with Tripoli (1801–1805) and Algiers (1815–1816), although at other times it preferred to pay tribute to obtain the release of captives held in the Barbary States. The practice of state-supported piracy and ransoming of captives was not wholly unusual for its time.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The First Barbary War extended from 10 May 1801 to 10 June 1805, with the Second Barbary War lasting only three days, ending on 19 June 1815.