Summary and Analysis of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, Naval, Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, Study Aids, Book Notes
ISBN: 9781504044301
Google: KghJDgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2017-03-14T22:13:43+00:00

Timeline

1784: Thomas Jefferson becomes minister to the French government of Louis XVI.

July 1785: Algerian pirates capture the USS Dauphin and Maria and enslave their crews.

November 1789: Jefferson returns to United States from France; appointed Secretary of State by George Washington.

October 1793: Barbary pirates begin targeting US merchant ships in the Mediterranean.

March 27, 1794: George Washington approves Act to Provide a Naval Armament.

September 17, 1799: Captain Bainbridge sails USS George Washington into the port of Algiers; the ship is forced to carry Algerians to Constantinople because the US tribute is too small.

March 4, 1801: Thomas Jefferson inaugurated as president of the United States.

May 11, 1801: Bashaw Yusuf Qaramanli of Tripoli declares war against the United States.

May 14, 1801: Flagpole at the US consulate in Tripoli chopped down.

July 2, 1801: First flotilla of the US Navy reaches Gibraltar harbor.

July 24, 1801: USS President and Enterprise arrive in Tripoli harbor and begin blockade.

August 1, 1801: USS Enterprise fights first battle of the war, disables the Tripoli.

September 3, 1801: Captain Dale ends first blockade of Tripoli harbor.

February 6, 1802: Senate approves bill to allow President Jefferson’s use of force.

June 1802: USS Franklin captured; crew enslaved and released for ransom a month later.

August 12, 1803: Captain Preble sets sail on the USS Constitution.

October 10, 1803: Captain Preble and Consul Lear establish peace with Morocco.

October 31, 1803: USS Philadelphia runs aground in Tripoli harbor; Captain Bainbridge and crew imprisoned.

December 23, 1803: USS Constitution and Enterprise seize Tripolitan ship Mastico.

February 16, 1804: USS Philadelphia is burned in the Tripoli harbor.

September 3, 1804: USS Intrepid (formerly the Meshuda) explodes in Tripoli harbor in a misguided battle tactic; its entire crew is killed.

September 9, 1804: Commodore Samuel Barron arrives to replace Preble as commander.

November 1804: USS Argus sails for Egypt with William Eaton and his small army aboard.

January 3, 1805: Hamet Qaramanli found in Egypt.

February 5, 1805: William Eaton and Hamet Qaramanli reunite to move forward with plan to unseat Bashaw Yusuf and restore Hamet to his throne.

March 6, 1805: Trek led by Eaton and Hamet begins from Alexandria, Egypt.

April 15, 1805: Marching army arrives in Bomba, where ships are waiting with provisions.

April 24, 1805: Eaton and Hamet’s army arrives in Derne and offers a truce; truce is rejected.

April 27, 1805: Eaton and Hamet launch their attack; Derne falls.

June 3, 1805: Lear negotiates peace with Yusuf and pays ransom for prisoners’ release, betraying Eaton and Hamet.

Late June 1805: Senate ratifies Lear’s peace treaty.

June 1815: Captain Stephen Decatur Jr. returns to Barbary Coast for a second war.

June 28, 1815: Decatur arrives in Algiers with 500 Algerian prisoners.

June 30, 1815: Peace treaty made with Algeria; Tunis and Tripoli follow suit soon after.

July 4, 1826: Fiftieth anniversary of the United States; deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

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