User:Atcovi/VA and US History/The Barbary Pirates

Barbary Pirates
Located in Northern Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Morroco, etc.).
 * Ruled by a pasha who would use pirates to attack ships in the Mediterranean.
 * The US gov't paid 25,000 dollars a year to the pasha so that the US ships are safe.
 * The pasha pushes it up to 200,000 dollars a year. TJ does not pay that money.

The pasha starts attacking US ships. TJ, as a response, sends the Marines (sail on the sea and fight on land). A war with Tripoli begins ("To the Shores of Tripoli"). Forces the pasha to push it down to 25,000 dollars. First war on terror.

Increases US respect.