First Barbary War

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United States military history event military conflict war

The First Barbary War was an early 19th-century conflict in which the United States and Sweden fought North African Barbary states to stop pirate attacks on American merchant ships and assert free trade in the Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
First Barbary War canonical 28
Barbary Wars 6
Tripolitan War 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military history event ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Algiers ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cause Barbary piracy against American shipping ⓘ
assertion of free trade in the Mediterranean ⓘ
demands for tribute by Barbary States ⓘ
protection of American merchant ships ⓘ
conflictType limited war ⓘ
naval war ⓘ
countryInvolved Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Empire (suzerainty over Barbary States)

Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1805 ⓘ
historicalEra early 19th century ⓘ
initiatedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
location Barbary Coast ⓘ
Derna ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
mottoAssociated "to the shores of Tripoli" ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Derna (1805) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Derna

blockade of Tripoli ⓘ
USS Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: burning of USS Philadelphia
opponent Barbary States ⓘ
outcomeForUnitedStates experience for early US Marine Corps ⓘ
increased international prestige ⓘ
validation of US Navy effectiveness ⓘ
partOf Second Barbary War ⓘ
surface form: Barbary Wars
relatedTo Second Barbary War ⓘ
result Treaty of Tripoli (1805) ⓘ
reduction of tribute payments ⓘ
temporary end to US–Tripoli hostilities ⓘ
shipInvolved USS Constitution ⓘ
USS Enterprise ⓘ
USS Intrepid ⓘ
USS Philadelphia ⓘ
startDate 1801 ⓘ
USMarineOfficer William Eaton ⓘ
USNavalCommander Edward Preble ⓘ
Richard Dale ⓘ
Samuel Barron ⓘ
USNavalOfficer Stephen Decatur ⓘ
William Bainbridge ⓘ
USPresidentInOffice Thomas Jefferson ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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Marines' Hymn → influencedBy → First Barbary War ⓘ
Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbary Wars
Stephen Decatur → participantIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
Thomas Macdonough → battle → First Barbary War ⓘ
Thomas Macdonough → participatedIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
Oliver Hazard Perry → militaryConflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
USS Constitution → engagedIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
Quasi-War → followedBy → First Barbary War ⓘ
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → majorEvent → First Barbary War ⓘ
Second Barbary War → precededBy → First Barbary War ⓘ
Stephen → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
subject surface form: Stephen Decatur
Battle of Derna (1805) → partOf → First Barbary War ⓘ
Battle of Derna (1805) → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
Battle of Derna (1805) → partOf → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbary Wars
USS United States → serviceEntryEra → First Barbary War ⓘ
USS Philadelphia → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
Commodore David Porter → participatedIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
subject surface form: David Porter
United States military history → includesConflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbary Wars
Barbary Coast → subjectOf → First Barbary War ⓘ
Barbary States → subjectOf → First Barbary War ⓘ
Edward Preble → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
Edward Preble → notableEvent → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege and bombardment of Tripoli in 1804
Richard Dale → militaryConflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
William Eaton → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
William Eaton → participatedIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbary Wars
William Eaton → participatedIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
Treaty of Tripoli (1805) → concludedInConflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
Samuel Barron → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbary Wars
Samuel Barron → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
William Bainbridge → participatedIn → First Barbary War ⓘ
William Bainbridge → wasPrisonerOfWar → First Barbary War ⓘ
USS Enterprise → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
USS Intrepid → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
USS Intrepid → associatedWith → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tripolitan War
Richard Somers → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
Richard Somers → conflict → First Barbary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbary Wars