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The war with Tripoli in Libya happened during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson in the late 18th century and was a result of the incessant attacks on shipping from Christian lands which had been going on for hundreds of years. The Barbary pirates as they were called were based in the north African states of Tripoli, Tunisia and Morocco and sponsored by the rulers of these states: the newly independent United States decided to put and end to these attacks as a result of American shipping being targetted too.The American government decided to support a pretender to the Tripoli throne called Hamet and sent a fleet to that port. The enterprise was completely successful in the end.

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