In an Effort to Improve the Defense of America's Coastal

question 1

Multiple Choice

In an effort to improve the defense of America's coastal shores, Thomas Jefferson

• A) built a fleet of large frigates and destroyers.
• B) signed a mutual defense treaty with Spain which also involved the purchase of Spanish naval vessels.
• C) constructed two hundred small gunboats.
• D) signed a peace treaty with Great Britain.
• E) signed a new mutual defense treaty with France.

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