These opposition groups were amassed into an insurgency that threatened the pasha's throne. Using tactics similar to those of the Green Berets today, a contingent of American Marines landed in Tripoli (which gave rise to the first line in the Marines' anthem) and identified groups in opposition to the pasha.
Stephen Decatur's daring raid on the Tripoli harbor to demolish a captured American ship, removing it from enemy hands.īut it was on land - through military action and diplomacy - that the U.S. The battles were mostly naval, including Lt. In the war, Tunis and Algiers broke their alliance with Tripoli. Jefferson ordered a naval expedition to the Mediterranean, resulting in the First Barbary War (1801-1805). If America refused, the Barbary States would declare war on the United States. Just before Jefferson's inauguration in 1801, the pasha (Turkish ruler) of Tripoli released the crew members of two recently captured American ships on the condition that the U.S. In one case, an American vessel bringing tribute to Algiers was forced to sail on to Constantinople to deliver Algiers' tribute to the king there - with the humiliating command to fly the flag of Algiers en route. and Europe continued to pay tribute and lose citizens and goods to the pirates.
He would have to wait until he became president to enjoy enough autonomy to take on the Barbary States. His plan failed, however, because it lacked consent from France and England.
Jefferson tried to assemble a confederation of nations to take action against the Barbaries.
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