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Why did the united states stop paying tributes to the Barbary States

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thomas jefferson did not want to appease pirates
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When Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated in March of 1801, he inherited troubled relations with the Barbary states — the Ottoman Regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, along with independent Morocco. The United States had treaties with all four, but tension was high and rising.
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