First Barbary War

First Barbary War
Part of the Barbary Wars
USS Enterprise fighting the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli by William Bainbridge Hoff, 1878
Date May 10, 1801 – June 10, 1805 (4 years and 1 month) Location Off the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli; Derna Result Peace treaty The United States paying ransom Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships Freeing prisoners of American ships
Belligerents
United States  Sweden[citation needed]  Sicily[1][2]	Ottoman Tripolitania[3][4]  Morocco (1802)
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Jefferson Richard Dale Richard Morris William Eaton Edward Preble Stephen Decatur Gustav IV Adolf Rudolf Cederström	Yusuf Karamanli Rais Mahomet Rous Hassan Bey Shadi Nazmi Reis Slimane of Morocco
Strength
United States First Squadron: 4 frigates 1 schooner Second Squadron: 6 frigates 1 schooner Third Squadron: 2 frigates 3 brigs 2 schooners 1 ketch Swedish Royal Navy: 3 frigates William Eaton's invasion: 8 US Marines, William Eaton, 3 midshipmen, and several civilians Approx. 500 Greek and Arab mercenaries	Various cruisers 11–20 gunboats 4,000 soldiers

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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 Tripolitanian commerce raiding at sea. United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute. The First Barbary War was the first major American war fought outside the New World, and in the Arab world,^[5][6] besides the smaller American–Algerian War (1785–1795).