Thomas Jefferson was the President during this undeclared war with the pirates of Tripoli ,also called the first Barbary War in 1801-1805.
In the first Barbary War there were 74 deaths.
First Barbary War happened in 1801.
Jefferson was president when the Barbary Wars started. The war was mainly started because the president refused to pay tributes that were demanded by the Barbary slaves.
The Barbary war. It is also known as the Barbary Coastal war.It was fought against the Barbary States.
The First Barbary War
First Barbary WAR
First Barbary War - 1801 to 1805
James Madison became the first President to sign a declaration of war, in 1812.He listed the grievances he had against Britain and Congress decided to declare war. The British did plenty to provoke a war, but you say that it was the Americans who first decided to start fighting.Thomas Jefferson , with permission from Congress, but without a formal declaration of war set ships and marines to the Barbary Coast against the Barbary pirates. I would not say that he started that war in any sense- the pirates were demanding payments for not attacking American shipping.
George H. W. Bush was president during the first war with Iraq.
Second Barbary War happened in 1815.
Three major international issues during Jefferson's presidency were the Louisiana purchase, the Barbary War, and his attempt at acquiring Florida and Haiti. The Louisiana Purchase was successful, the Barbary War with the northern Barbary states of Africa was also successful, but Jefferson had trouble with the acquisition of Florida.