Chapter Eight: America at War and Peace, 1801-1824, pg 223-249 Chapter Lead-in, pg 223 After winning the 1800 election, Jefferson tried to ease tensions in America, putting the French Revolution behind them and recognized they agreed that all Americans were either federalists or republicans. But foreign affairs were to continue as Tripoli (one of 4 islamic states in North Africa) declared war on US. US merchant ships in Mediterranean Sea were being seized by ?Barbary pirates?. To stop this, in 1796 the US paid Algiers nearly $1 million.