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 | | Notes on the State of Virginia was an answer to European critics of America, (specifically to questions posed by the Frenchman François Barbé Marbois, who claimed that Europe surpassed America in intellect, physical beauty, abundance of flora and fauna, and all other matters). |
 | | These statements, released as though they were the opinions of the individual states (and they did sum up the way the majority of the people felt in those states), declared the ability of a state legislature to render a Federal law with which they did not agree to be null and void. |
 | | The Barbary states of Tripoli, Algiers, Morocco and Tunis charged the United States and several European countries a certain yearly fee for the use of the Mediterranean Sea; if this "tribute" was not paid, ships from the offending countries were boarded and seized, their cargoes confiscated and sold by the North Africans. |
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