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I know that during the beginning of the First Barbary war, the Mississippi purchase had not occured yet, and America was becoming more run by the D-R, wich seemed to be in favor of expansion. What if during the early stages of the Barbary War, American forces stage a massive victory against Morocco or Tunisia, and take a sort of "treaty port," or in the case of Morocco, complete annexation? I think that it would either make the United States into a true power much earlier after defeating whatever European nation that eventually takes objection to this land grab, turn the US into a pariah state that would end up not getting, say, the Mississippi purchase, or worst of all open it up to a potential war of "reestablishment of colonial order" by a European nation.

What do y'all think?
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