The barbary pirate war affected the American economy and citizens by having American citizens sold into slavery if captured by pirates,while the economy is dropping because we are not getting money for the things we shipped and the tribute that we had to pay. There were two separate Barbary pirate wars in history. These two wars happened on different dates and years the first war happened during the time period of 1801 - 1805 while the second war occurred 10 years after the first war in, 1815 - 1816 the second war occurred.
The reason the Barbary states kept on pirating is because the French and the British and the french thought it was convenient and easier to just pay tribute then go to war and clear out the pirates. After America declared its independence from Britain the British were quick to tell the pirates of America not being part of Britain any more and was allowed to attack. During the time in 1786 Thomas Jefferson argued that if we were to pay the pirates tribute then the demands would just increase over time. The u.s tried to build a navy, but since the pirates would attack and plunder the ships and take the crew into slavery America didn’t get money from the shipments they sent, also they would hold the crew ransom. We first learned of the tribute to the pirates from Europe where we learned that the Europeans would pay …show more content…
The first war was started when we wouldn’t give the pirated more money that they wanted so one of the barbary states declared war on the U.S, while the second war was an international dispute which only lasted less than a
The reason the Barbary states kept on pirating is because the French and the British and the french thought it was convenient and easier to just pay tribute then go to war and clear out the pirates. After America declared its independence from Britain the British were quick to tell the pirates of America not being part of Britain any more and was allowed to attack. During the time in 1786 Thomas Jefferson argued that if we were to pay the pirates tribute then the demands would just increase over time. The u.s tried to build a navy, but since the pirates would attack and plunder the ships and take the crew into slavery America didn’t get money from the shipments they sent, also they would hold the crew ransom. We first learned of the tribute to the pirates from Europe where we learned that the Europeans would pay …show more content…
The first war was started when we wouldn’t give the pirated more money that they wanted so one of the barbary states declared war on the U.S, while the second war was an international dispute which only lasted less than a