Treaty of Tripoli

When

1797

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

32.89° N, 13.19° E

Description

treaty between the USA and Tripolitania, ratified in 1797, and remembered for its position on church-state separation

1797 treaty between the US and Tripolitania

The Treaty of Tripoli was signed in 1796. It was the first treaty between the United States and Tripoli to secure commercial shipping rights and protect American ships in the Mediterranean Sea from local Barbary pirates.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se confirma el Tratado de Trípoli en Argel por parte de los Estados Unidos y los estados berberiscos del Mediterráneo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page