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He refused to pay the Bribes and blockaded the port of Tripoli.
Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to Tripoli because Pirates were attacking U.S. shipping along the northern coast of Africa. The independent Ottoman states of Morocco, Tunis, and Algiers, known collectively as the Barbary Coast, were the home to the Barbary Pirates. The first Barbary War was from 1801-1805.
Thomas Jefferson was the President during this undeclared war with the pirates of Tripoli ,also called the first Barbary War in 1801-1805.
Thomas Jefferson endorse military action against the Barbary pirates.
Thomas Jefferson knew the barbary priates were not trained
Thomas Jefferson
It was Thomas Jefferson.
In May 1801, the pasha demanded an increase inthe tribute($83,000) which the U.S. government had been paying since 1796 for the protection of their commerce from piracy under the 1796 treaty with Tripoli. The demand was refused, and a naval force was sent from the US to blockade Tripoli. Whoever wrote the first answer is an idiot.
Jefferson refused to pay protection money on the Barbary states
Thomas Jefferson's dilemma was the Barbary pirates on the Barbary coast.
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson refused to pay protection money to the Barbary States. ---Nova.net---