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Who attacked US ships to collect protection money pacific ocean pirates barbary coast pirates british navy napoleon?

I am very knowledgeable on Pirates but unfortunately the way the question was posed made no sense therefore I can not be of assistance to you; I am terribly sorry x he is asking about a test question, A: pacific ocean pirates, B: barbary coast, C: british, D:napolian the book says barbary coast pirates


The barbary coast was on what continent?

They were Muslim pirates who operated from the North African Coast between the 11th and the 19th Century


How was early Rome protected by pirate raids?

Rome fought Illyrian wars in 229 BC, 219 BC and 168 BC against the Illyrians on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea (a sea which forms the eastern coast of Italy) because pirates bases on this coast (the coast of modern Croatia). Through this Rome gained control of this sea and curbed piracy. Piracy occurred in other parts of the Mediterranean and the Romans had a patrol fleet to deal with this problems. The problem persisted. Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates when he was sailing in the Aegean Sea (Greece). He proposed to the pirates to more than double the ransom they demanded. When he was released he raised a fleet, captured the pirates, and had them crucified as he had promised while in captivity. The pirates had taken this as a joke.


What sea did the Barbary pirates patrol?

the Meditarranean, the north Atlantic as far as Iceland and the Atlantic coast of Africa


Who created the marines?

Thomas Jefferson - they were the ground fighting force of the Navy to handle the pirates of the Barbary Coast.