The Barbary States of North Africa demanded tribute from the United States and other nations in exchange for what?

Access to their markets for trade

Military support in regional conflicts

Safe passage for merchant ships in the Mediterranean

Intelligence about French and British naval movements

The First Barbary War, fought from 1801 to 1805, was significant because it showed America's new commitment to what?

Paying tribute was the most effective foreign policy.

Isolating itself from all international affairs.

Using its navy to defend its interests abroad.

Colonizing territories in North Africa.

Arming merchant ships for self-defense

Paying protection money, or tribute

Conducting a naval blockade of North Africa

Avoiding the Mediterranean Sea entirely

He sent the U.S. Navy to blockade North African ports.

He refused to pay a higher amount of tribute demanded by Tripoli's ruler.

He formed a military alliance with Great Britain against the pirates.

He captured several of Tripoli's ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

To rescue the captured American sailors

To destroy the captured U.S. warship Philadelphia

To assassinate the ruler of Tripoli

To force the signing of a peace treaty