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Why Did President George Washington Decline to Assist Rebels in Saint

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Why did President George Washington decline to assist rebels in Saint Domingue?


A) Intervention would have been too expensive.
B) It was a slave rebellion, and he did not wish to encourage slave rebellion in the United States.
C) Public pressure from opponents of the revolt, especially French sympathizers, was too great.
D) Saint Domingue was too far away for American troops to reach.

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