Why did president blockade Tripoli

Tomas Jefferson Blockaded Tripoli bc Barbary pirates had captured the Philadelphia and cut down the flag on boar which was the reason for the war and the blockade

Explanation:

nativists tried to get rid of the immigrants as they thought they were going to ruin the u.s.  

might be agreeing to participate ethically with other european nations in the slave trade

or notifying other european nations when taking possession   of african territories