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Why did jefferson send the navy to destroy the barbary coast pirates? in what year did he send them?.

Why did jefferson send the navy to destroy the barbary coast pirates? in what year did he send them?.
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Why did jefferson send the navy to destroy the barbary coast pirates? in what year did he send them?.

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Because Jefferson refused to pay atributes.

He believed that paying off the pirates only led more demands, so he decided not to pay these atributes. So Tripoli declared war on the US.

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