War with Tripoli, one of the Barbary States of northern Africa, began in 1801. Barbary pirates from Tripoli had attacked American shipping. During the war, the U.S. Navy bombarded Tripoli. The conflict ended in 1805 with an American victory.
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Lithograph (1846) by Nathaniel Currier; Library of Congress</P>
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