) In 1802, what spurred President Jefferson to seek the building of a river fleet and to give the impression that the United States might ally with Great Britain?
A. a new French regulation restricting the use of the port of New Orleans by American ships
B. the capture of the island of Santo Domingo by a black revolutionary force
C. a growing incidence of Indian attacks on western settlers
D. a Spanish attempt to readjust the northern border of its Florida colony
E. the arrival of a French invasion fleet near New York
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