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. ; The Barbary situation led directly to the creation of the United States Navy in March 1794 While the United States managed to secure peace treaties these obliged it to pay tribute for protection from attack Payments in ransom and tribute to the Barbary states amounted to 20% of United States government annual expenditures in 1800 the First Barbary War in 1801 and the Second Barbary War in 1815 led to more favorable peace terms ending the payment of tribute. ; .

Henry David Thoreau spent a night in jail for not paying poll taxes to support the war and later wrote Civil Disobedience, Area Wildflowers of the Potomac River Basin, The historian Ira Berlin wrote:; President Madison returned to Washington by September 1 on which date he issued a proclamation calling on citizens to defend the District of Columbia. Congress returned and assembled in special session on September 19 Due to the destruction of the Capitol and other public buildings they initially met in the Post and Patent Office building. . 13 Citations Junius Brutus Stearns 1799 "Republican motherhood" became the ideal for American women exemplified by Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren; the first duty of the republican woman was to instill republican values in her children and to avoid luxury and ostentation.