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 Under Washington and Adams became entangled with

France and Britain


 It did not go away
 Sold to people in Europe
 Purchased stuff in Europe
 Pirates began attacking ships
 Pirates came from Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, Tripoli, came
from barbarian states
 Raided European and American ships, took slaves
 Paid tribute
 Leaders left European ships alone
 U.S paid tribute but Jefferson stopped and sent warships
to protect them
 More serious threat France and Britain
 Two nations were at war
 Traded with both France and Britain
 Looked ways to weaken each other
 Cut off country’s foreign trade
 Both started seizing our ships
 Britain needed sailors so it turned into imprisonment
 Looked for ways to make France and Britain to Respect U.S
 Used embargo
 Used an embargo act imposed on going to any port
 Assumed they would stops
 Went from 109 million to 25 million
 Prices declined Americans lost jobs
 Turned to smuggling
 Stopped embargo before Jefferson left office
 Only embargo against France and Britain
 Moved westward after battle of timbers
 Settlements had grave effect on Native Americans
 Diseases killed native Americans
 Population diseases
 Shawnee people hit hard
 William henry Harrison decided to take action
 Got 1000 soldiers
 Harrison defeated Native Americans in battle of
Tippecanoe
 Marked high point in Native Americans fight on settlement

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