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The Barbary Pirates

Cause and effect:

  • Britain was forced to pay ransoms for captured citizens
  • U.S was basically left defenseless
  • very strong naval force
  • captured slaves from Europe
  • European Countries wanted more naval power
  • the revolution ended the treaty between Britain and the Pirates
  • Americans had no Naval protection from France

The Issues

  • The pirates were asking for too much money
  • Britain was anti-slavery and they were concerned about its citizens being captured by the pirates
  • America was concerned about its security of their goods
  • The pirates were a major threat and France did not provide naval support for America

Background Information

The Barbary Pirates

-operated from North America

- main ports: Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli

-Barbary slave raids- captured europeans and christians for the Ottoman Slave Trade

-Over 1 million people were captured to be sold as slaves during the 16th -19th centuries

- captured thousands of ships of the coasts of Spain and Italy

- In the early 1800s, The United States along with some European countries fought against the Barbary Pirates in the First and Second Barbary Wars and won.

How the problem was dealt with

-Admiral Andrew Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, a British naval officer, was sent to Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers to secure new concessions

- Britain was anti-slavery and many were upset over the enslavement of many British (and British affiliates) captives

- the concessions he went to secure included a pledge to treat Christian captives as POWs

- many more missions like this had to be carried out

- several times, the British had to send fleets to bombard the coasts of Algiers and Tunis

- it was not until the French conquest in 1830 until Corsair-based activity in Algiers stopped

- The government under the Articles of Confederation was severely limited and could do little to do anything

- In 1784, Congress agreed to spend $80,000 to bribe the pirates

- despite the Tripoli ambassador agreeing to halt attacks on American vessels, they proceeded nonetheless

- America lacked a proper navy to guard its trade

- soon, the Barbary pirates demanded tribute grew to nearly 20% of the country's national budget

- in 1794, George Washington authorized the construction of 6 frigates;

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