THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
BARBARY PIRATES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the country was already in debt
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He didn’t want to deal with it
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He didn’t want them to demand more money
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they didn’t have the money
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Detailed explanation-1: -If no tribute was paid, the pirates would attack and capture the crews of foreign ships and sell them for a ransom or force them into slavery. When Thomas Jefferson became president, the pirates increased the cost of the tribute and Jefferson refused to pay it.
Detailed explanation-2: -President Thomas Jefferson took office in 1801. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did Jefferson’s policy towards the Barbary pirates differ from that of President Adams? Jefferson refused to pay the pirates anything. What was an unintended consequence of the Embargo Act of 1807?
Detailed explanation-4: -The Barbary rulers frequently demanded that nations “renew” their treaties for even greater amounts of tribute. Until a nation agreed to new terms, its ships remained fair game for the pirates. The war fleets of the European powers could easily have defeated the Barbary pirate ships.
Detailed explanation-5: -Barbary corsairs led attacks upon American merchant shipping in an attempt to extort ransom for the lives of captured sailors, and ultimately tribute from the United States to avoid further attacks, as they had with the various European states.