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The [[Democratic Republican Party|Jeffersonian Republicans]] opposed having a navy as elitist. [[Thomas Jefferson]] became president in 1801 and halted construction on eight 74-gun ships that Stoddert had started and put in place the strategy of defending American harbors by 176 small gunboats. [[Stephen Decatur]] led successful expeditions against the Barbary pirates during the Barbary Wars (1801-1805; 1815) fought between the United States and Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli; but he was also famed for his defeat and capture of the British frigate "Macedonian" in the War of 1812.
The [[Democratic Republican Party|Jeffersonian Republicans]] opposed having a navy as elitist. [[Thomas Jefferson]] became president in 1801 and halted construction on eight 74-gun ships that Stoddert had started and put in place the strategy of defending American harbors by 176 small gunboats. [[Stephen Decatur]] led successful expeditions against the Barbary pirates during the Barbary Wars (1801-1805; 1815) fought between the United States and Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli; but he was also famed for his defeat and capture of the British frigate "Macedonian" in the War of 1812.
====War of 1812====
====War of 1812====
In the [[War of 1812]] the British held naval supremacy on the high seas, but the main contest was building ships for supremacy on the Great Lakes. The British won the race on Lake Ontario and the Americans won on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain. The result was the defeat of the Indian allies of the British, who depended on British aid coming through Lake Erie. The defeat of the British on Lake Champlain in 1814 ended a major invasion of New York.
In the [[War of 1812]] the British held naval supremacy on the high seas, and blockaded the East Coast, shutting down American commerce. The main contest was building ships for supremacy on the Great Lakes. The British won the race on Lake Ontario and the Americans won on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain. The result was the defeat of the Indian allies of the British, who depended on British aid coming through Lake Erie. The defeat of the British on Lake Champlain in 1814 ended a major invasion of New York.
Jefferson's gunboat strategy proved a failure as the British landed forces behind the ports and captured them overland.
Jefferson's gunboat strategy proved a failure as the British landed forces behind the ports and captured them overland.