Treaty of Tripoli

The Peace and Friendship Treaty of Algiers between the United States and the Ottoman Empire was signed on 5 September 1795.

History

1783 began the new, modest in comparison to Europe seafaring nation of the United States to let ships sail under their own flag. On July 25, 1785 was the first ship that sailed under this new flag, conquered Algeria ago by Ottoman ships. The ship comes from Boston, sailed under Captain Isaac Stevens and called Mary. Later, the ship Dauphin of Captain O'Brien was boarded from Philadelphia. Between October and November 1793 a further eleven ships were boarded by the Ottomans. The American Congress said on March 27, 1794, President George Washington $ 700,000 for the construction of six frigates against the Ottoman pirates. Due to the Ottoman threat to shipping so that the foundations of the U.S. Navy was laid.

Importance

On 5 September, the United States accepted a treaty with the Ottoman Empire. Accordingly, the U.S. should pay in return for the surrender of their hostages in Algeria and for free travel under U.S. flag in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, once 642,000 gold pieces and further 12,000 annually Ottoman gold coins ( 21,600 U.S. dollars). The treaty was written in Turkish, had 22 articles and was signed by the current President George Washington and the Beylerbey Cezayirli Hasan Pasha Hasan aka Dey as deputy to the sultan, as the U.S. president George Washington was not accepted as an equal by the Ottoman Sultan contact. This contract was in the history of the United States the only foreign-language contract and the only treaty in which the United States committed themselves to pay tribute to one other state.