USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -First Barbary War, also called Tripoli tan 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-2: -In 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli, Yusuf Qaramanli, citing late payments of tribute, demanded additional tribute and declared war on the United States. The United States successfully defeated Qaramanli’s forces with a combined naval and land assault by the United States Marine Corps.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Barbary War (1801-1805) was the first overseas war conducted by the United States. The nations on the Barbary Coast of Morocco involved were Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. The war ended in victory for the United States, with peace treaties between the three Barbary States and Morocco.

Detailed explanation-4: -A conflict between the United States and the North African Barbary state of Tripoli (now the capital of Libya) was the Tripolitan War. The Barbary States required tribute from U.S. vessels traveling in the Mediterranean Sea in exchange for immunity from piratical attacks.