AMH 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Barbary Pirates, Embargo Act Of 1807

• School: SCFMS, SCF
• Department: American History
• Course: AMH 1010
• Professor: Thomas Honsa

Document Summary

Strict interpretation - if it doesn"t say in the constitution if something is allowed, then whatever. 1st president to find out that you can plan all you want as president, but that doesn"t mean it"s always gonna work out Best thing for the army is to explore the great west! 1803 barbary wars - america"s first naval war. Barbary pirates were pirates from africa (around libya) They would seize ships and take the crews hostage for ransom money. We"ll leave your ships alone if you pay us a fee. The new leader of the barbary pirates raised the fee from k to k per year. The crews were captured and locked up, not too much torture though. Stephen decatur - american war hero, naval commander. Once the pirate ships got close to the american navy, the crewmen would jump into the water and set their own ships on fire, which would set the pirates" ships on fire.