The Barbary Pirates harassed shipping across the Mediterranean for centuries and in spite of this, it wasn't a European power who struck the first blow against them. It was the Americans in the early 19th century who started their downfall after fighting two wars against them. To find out why it was the Americans that did this instead of the French, the Spanish or the British watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my Patreon supporters: Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Arcedia Sergio M. Vela Emil Świderek George Kapoyanis Jarrod Gerke Gin Aldeguer Steven B Brendan W Dennis Vandeban robert lalonde Mathias.C Michael Kram Hasmuffin CharÉTS Franco La Bruna Ethan Don Bonnigan Southside Mitch John Justin Kubusch Adam Barrett Bradley chaulk Heath Robertson JakeBak0905 Person Cippalippus Leonard Frank His Empyreal Illuminance The Supreme High Priest Kalynx ChrisRom Sean Uzar tegsirat Jane Sumpter Harley Raptopoulos Christopher Godfrey Paul Munro Tony Belmonte Piotr Wojnowski Travis Mount Steven Gibson Shauna K sharpie660 Nathan Mendelsohn Martha Grondin Nuukov Brooks Woolson Mario Peshev Vance Christiaanse Philip Yip Aaron Conaway Peter Hopkins Andrew F Sean D. Alex Teplyakov Joshua Schneider John Orr Jamie van Brewen Andreas Mosand Bernardo Cavalcanti Nick Macarius zockotron Peter Marino Jack Nelson Manny F Phillip Gathright Jonathan Niehaus The Funks D. Mahlik Adrian Marine Douglas James Ron Johnson Allen Rines Erik Hare Nicholas Menghini Tranier Bocaj Mario Mejia Garrett Manarin Dr. Schtnizel Evan Ellingson Duke Jacob Zachs Chase Labiste Contdoko12 Sebastian Mayor Chris PeBenito Tactical_Jackal Alan Romero Clayton Schuman GrokThis khaki enthusiast Joe DeVito Jesse Plung Nolan Peale Konstantin Bredyuk Katie Flinn Matthew Toles HelloAgain Serius_Loyola Sahni Thomas McGraw Angel Aguiñaga Duane Bridges Bradley Backoff mgnesium.poetry Zachary Pascalar Dullis Jason Vandeventer Spencer DeRosier Matt Reed Ciege Engine Leena Al-Souki KNSTRKTVST John Garcia Tim Stone William Adderholdt Alexander Zetino Windischgraetz blaZzinG_FurY Chris Weisel Tino george tyler Matthew O'Connor Vilena5 Justin Short ARandomPaperClip Juan Castillo Anthony McCann A. J. Smart Jasmin Vikk alexccg Patty Culp Oliver Jenner Florian Mäder Logical Insanity George Caponera No way Bartosz Zasada Jason Gould Aaron Larrow Ahmed Roshdi Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm Tim Sweeney C. C. C. Patrick Crowne Bodo Nuber Joseph Hutchins Joel Wasserman Hexapuma Liquid Chief Jeff Sharon Warren Rudkin ThePalestRose bas mensink Peter Wesselius Stefan Møller Tyler Jenkins Valentyn Ben Jambor Steve Bonds Matt Busch Cade Summers Ned Burke Ethan Harlow Matthew Ward Colm Byrne Joseph Reinsch Clay Carroll Nathan Ngumi Chach Alen Vegard Tønnessen Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Tim Stumbaugh James Andrew Niedbala ZCoupon Nicolas Dronsky Geoffrey Sparrow BattleGoat Studios Colonel Oneill Jonny Minogue Burt Clothier SketerK kevinh nullptr William Clark Andrei Listochkin Yared Cristiano Donald Weaver Carl Blanton WolfiZee Robert Meehan Melissa Prober David Spellmeyer Brian Giordano Moraxian Rob Rollins Richard Wolfe Mars Project Robin! SirAlpaka Joseph Kerckhoff T. c. north Harrison Wiener Thomas Wang Eric Askins Hiro P Jeffrey Schneider Kirk Hoffman pdswanfleet Charles Kwiatkowski Joell Bel JT96 Mark Littlehale Juan Benet Bort Ward Tristan Kreller Sethars Anthony Uk LambOfLeg Ryan Haber Charles Doolittle Alex G. Mik Scheper YugiJitsu Games I'm Not In The Description Ian M Jasdeep Brar Mark Ploegstra Dustin Koellhoffer Igor Stavchanskiy James R DeVries Roko Lisica Isabel Harrison Sean Long Tom Ebert Andrew Patane Sean Sara Birnbaum Hunter Bayliss Wolf Oriki Kishan Nair Aeryn and Lisa Toland Kinfe85 0_DannyBoy Miky Hidalgo Morriss Kevin Phoenix Will Sullivan Ted Ingram Zachary Oertel Heytun Jack John Gross-Whitaker Robert Brockway Marone Ethan Lech Duraj Seth Reeves Dutchball Animations Dan Reiher Dr. Sarno Ali Sadighian Peter Konieczny Michael Sempervive Doug MacLean Jason Sutherland Nathan Snyder Tall Jeff Andrew Sever BenDrums24 Taggert Jackson Shakira Graham Emily Glover-Wilson Bren Ehnebuske Lindorien Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Typhoon2401 Kameohawk Daniel O'Reilly Markus Lindström blei95 blue chicken Kasi M Scho Robin_Col Jan Bart Verbist Schwarzer Hai Tarsirrus James Rhys Little Ash Elford Ben L Jackarice26 Twinny Hill Gina Service zemnmez Phil Johnston Rhys Jackson Roberticus1992