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

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.