Dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Sanadkii 1801, Yusuf wuxuu madaxweynihii Mareykanka Thomas Jefferson ka dalbaday canshuur dhan $225,000. Jefferson, oo ku kalsoon awooda ciidamada cusub ee Maraykanka si ay u ilaaliyaan maraakiibta Maraykanka, ayaa diiday dalabaadka Pasha, taasoo keentay in Pasha uu si aan rasmi ahayn ugu dhawaaqo dagaal, bishii May 1801, isagoo jaraya calanka hortiisa qunsuliyadda Maraykanka. Jefferson wuxuu ku jawaabay amar uu ku bixiyay in ciidamada badda ee Maraykanku ay galaan badda Mediterranean-ka, iyagoo si guul leh u go'doomiyay dekedaha Tripolitania sanadkii 1803. Kadib guulo bilow ah oo milatari, gaar ahaan qabsashada USS Philadelphia, baasha ayaa si dhakhso leh isugu arkay inuu ku hanjabay duulaan ciidamada dhulka Mareykanka ah ka dib markii
Dagaalkii Derna iyo dib u soo celinta walaalkii la tuuray, Hamet Karamanli, oo uu qortay sarkaalkii ciidanka Mareykanka William Eaton. Waxa uu saxiixay heshiis dagaalkii lagu soo afjaray 10-kii Juun, 1805.