President Jefferson's Foreign Policy Challenge

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

• They hoped to force the United States into the war

• They hoped the United States would become their ally

• They wanted the United States to pay ransom for the ships

• They hoped to prevent the United States from supplying their enemy

Where are the Barbary Coast states located?

• Caribbean Sea

• Europe

• North America

• Northern Africa

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

• He sent representatives to make a treaty

• He paid the tribute

• He sent warships

• He proposed an embargo

Which American warship was captured by pirates in the Mediterranean?

• the Chesapeake

• the Constitution

• the Leopard

• the Philadelphia

Vocabulary:

a government order that forbids trade with another country

• embargo

• isolationism

• neutrality

• blockade

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

• France

• Great Britain

• North Africa pirates

• American sailors and workers

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

• First Barbary War

• War of 1812

• Battle of Tippicanoe Creek

• Embargo Act of 1807

Events & Acts:

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

• Jay Treaty

• XYZ Affair

• Monroe Doctrine

• Embargo Act of 1807

Presidents:

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

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James Monroe

People:

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

• Stephan Decatur

• William Henry Harrison

• Francis Scott Key

• Andrew Jackson