Why do you think the barbary pirates felt free to demand tribute from the u. s

A major reason why the Barbary pirates felt free to demand tribute from the U.S was because this was the norm in the Mediterranean region during this time, since piracy was quite common and to a great extent accepted. 

The second , larger puritan colony of massachusetts bay was conceived as a "city upon a hill". but it also struggled with internal turmoil like the salem witch trials and external conflicts like king philip's (metacom's) war.

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