Thomas Jefferson Ceased His Opposition to the Expansion of the Navy

Multiple Choice

Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the

A) the strategic usefulness of employing significant numbers of agile coastal naval crafts became apparent in the U.S. Navy's defeat of the Barbary Coast pirates during the Tripolitan War.
B) U.S. Marine Corps was established.
C) mosquito fleet was defeated by the pirates at Tripoli.
D) army was disbanded.
E) British blockaded the east coast.