President Jefferson's Foreign Policy Challenge

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Why did Great Britain and France seize U.S. merchant ships?

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They hoped to prevent the United States from supplying their enemy

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Where are the Barbary Coast states located?

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Northern Africa

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How did Jefferson deal with the Barbary pirates asking for tribute?

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He sent warships

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Which American warship was captured by pirates in the Mediterranean?

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the Philadelphia

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a government order that forbids trade with another country

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embargo

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Who was hurt most by Jefferson's embargo on trade?

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American sailors and workers

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Events & Acts: Thomas Jefferson sent a fleet of warships to the Mediterranean to protect American shipping interests. The American ships bombarded Tripoli with their cannons. Tripoli signed a peace treaty with the United States in 1805

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First Barbary War

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Events & Acts: No foreign ships could enter U.S. ports and no American ships could leave, except to trade at other U.S. ports.

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Embargo Act of 1807

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Presidents: Sent a fleet of warships to the Mediterranean and passed the Embargo Act of 1807.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Naval officer that led a raid into the Tripoli Harbor to set the Philadelphia ship on fire.

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Stephan Decatur