14 magg 1801 anni - Yusuf Karamini, pasha of Tripoli, declares war on the United States by symbolically cutting down the flagpole at the U.S. consulate.

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This action came after the United States refused to pay more tribute to the Tripolitans in exchange for protection from piracy against American ships.

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