Question

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___ defeated the Pasha of Tripoli at Derna.

a. Stephen Decatur
b. Henry Knox
c. Alexander Hamilton
d. Patrick O'Bannon
e. Thomas Jefferson

YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY.

Answer 1

C

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Answer 2

Patrick O'bannon

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1805, Lieutenant Patrick O'Bannon led a group of eight marines and 500 mercenaries in an overland attack on the city of Derna, near the harbor at Tripoli. The Pasha of Tripoli was forced to surrender. He returned the captured American sailors. This battle was the first that U.S. forces ever won on foreign soil.