. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. than President Jefferson was disposedto endure. A million dollars hadalready been paid for the rescue ofAmerican sailors held in the cruelbondage of Tripolitan slavery. Henow instead sent a fleet of war vesselsto the Mediterranean and bombardedthe city of Tripoli. The war continued CoMMODORK Decatur. until 1805, at the end of which timethe Bashaw was glad to make a treaty of peace.^ The ^ In the war with Tripoli a memorable event took place. One of theAmerican fleet, the Philadelphia, ran aground in the harbor and w
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. than President Jefferson was disposedto endure. A million dollars hadalready been paid for the rescue ofAmerican sailors held in the cruelbondage of Tripolitan slavery. Henow instead sent a fleet of war vesselsto the Mediterranean and bombardedthe city of Tripoli. The war continued CoMMODORK Decatur. until 1805, at the end of which timethe Bashaw was glad to make a treaty of peace.^ The ^ In the war with Tripoli a memorable event took place. One of theAmerican fleet, the Philadelphia, ran aground in the harbor and wasabandoned to the Tripolitans, who began to fit her up for a Decatur, then a lieutenant, volunteered to destroy this prizeof the enemy, and made his way into the harbor in a small capturedvessel. Reaching the Philadelphia without suspicion being aroused,the concealed crew suddenly appeared and leaped on board, driving theTripolitans overboard and setting the ship on fire. They then sailedout under fire from the batteries of the port without losing a JEFFERSONS ADMINISTRATION. 263 other Barbary states soon made similar treaties, and fromthat time on the United States ceased to pay them piraticalblackmail. Ohio Admitted.—Ohio, the first State formed out of theNorthwestern Territory, was admitted to the Union in growth had been very great. Its first settlement wasmade at Marietta in 1788, and in 1800 the population hadreached forty-five thousand three hundred and was the fourth new State to be admitted. Louisiana.—Of the events occurring in Jeffersons ad-ministration the most important was the purchase of Lou-isiana. By her possession of this territory Spain controlledthe navigation of the Mississippi River, and was able to shutthe Western States out from access to the Gulf of a condition of affairs was not likely to be long enduredby the rapidly increasing population of the West. Unlessthis great water outlet could
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