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The Barbary Wars were a series of two wars fought by the United States and Sweden against the Barbary states (including Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli) of North Africa in the early 19th century.
It's important because, it brought an end to the practice Americans had of paying tribute to the pirates states, this also helped bring an end to piracy in that region!
The war ended in victory for the U.S. With peace treaties between the three Barbary states and Morocco.