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  2. Barbary Wars - Wikipedia

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    ] The First Barbary War extended from 10 May 1801 to 10 June 1805, with the Second Barbary War lasting only three days, ending on 19 June 1815. The Barbary Wars were the first major American war fought entirely outside the New World, and in the Arab World. [4] [5] The wars were largely a reaction to piracy by the Barbary states.

  3. Action of 1 August 1801 - Wikipedia

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    The action of 1 August 1801 was a single-ship action of the First Barbary War fought between the American schooner USS Enterprise and the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli off the coast of modern-day Libya. As part of Commodore Richard Dale 's Mediterranean Squadron , Enterprise had been deployed with the American force blockading the Vilayet of Tripoli .

  4. First Barbary War - Wikipedia

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    The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the 1801–1815 Barbary Wars, in which the United States fought against Ottoman Tripolitania. Tripolitania had declared war against the United States over disputes regarding tributary payments in exchange for a cessation of ...

  5. List of wars involving the United States - Wikipedia

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    Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary States Decatur's squadron off Algiers United States: Deylik of Algiers: US victory: First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Spanish Florida Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near ...

  6. Elizabeth Marsh - Wikipedia

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    The Female Captive: A Narrative of Facts which Happened in Barbary in the Year 1756, Written by Herself is a testament to how women in captivity narratives, particularly Elizabeth Marsh, uses their femininity and sexuality to their benefit in order to bypass situations and pad their position, and in doing so, provides an alternative lens on the ...

  7. Battle of Derna (1805) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Derna was the first land battle of the United States on foreign soil after the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). [10] It was the decisive action of the First Barbary War (1801–1805) although Eaton was furious over what he called a "sell-out" between the State Department diplomat Tobias Lear and the bey. Hamet returned to ...

  8. Category:Barbary Wars - Wikipedia

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    First Barbary War; Second Barbary War; 0–9. 1711 Karamanli coup; A. Algiers; American–Algerian War (1785–1795) B. Barbary Coast; Barbary Pirate (film) Barbary ...

  9. Second Barbary War - Wikipedia

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    The Second Barbary War, also known as the U.S.–Algerian War [2] and the Algerine War, [3] was a brief military conflict between the United States and the North African state of Algiers in 1815. Piracy had been rampant along the North African "Barbary" coast of the Mediterranean Sea since the 16th century.