Context: The Berbers along the Barbary Coast (modern day Libya) sent pirates to capture merchant ships and hold the crews for ransom. The U.S. paid protection money until 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay and sent in the Navy to challenge the Barbary States, the First Barbary War followed. After the U.S.S. Philadelphia was captured in 1803, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid which successfully burned the captured ship, preventing Tripoli from using or selling it. In 1805, after William Eaton captured the city of Derna, Tripoli agreed to a peace treaty. The other Barbary states continued to raid U.S. shipping, until the Second Barbary War in 1815 ended the practice.

Question: Where was the Barbary Coast?
Answer: modern day Libya

Question: Who sent pirates to capture merchant ships?
Answer: The Berbers

Question: How did the United States initially deal with this problem?
Answer: The U.S. paid protection money until 1801

Question: What American naval officer led a raid that destroyed a captured American ship?
Answer: Stephen Decatur

Question: What city did William Eaton capture to end the first Barbary War?
Answer: Derna

Question:  Where was the Burrberry Coast?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  Who sent pirates to befriend merchant ships?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  How did the UK initially deal with this problem?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What African naval officer led a raid that destroyed a captured African ship?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  What city did William Eaton befriend to end the first Barbary War?
Answer: Unanswerable