Which sentence from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone explains why Napoleon and his men were temporarily trapped in Egypt in 1798? Napoleon’s army captured the city of Alexandria by storm on July 1, 1798, and rapidly overran the Nile Delta. On August 1 the British surprised the French fleet at anchor near Alexandria and completely destroyed it. For the next year, the army fended off [resisted] attacks by the Turks, who had formerly ruled Egypt. Then, in August 1799, Napoleon evaded [escaped] the British naval blockade and returned with a new companion to France to deal with problems there.

On August 1st the British surprised the French fleet at anchor near Alexandria and completely destroyed it.

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an effect of the steamboat's popularity was that people began building canals in the united states and europe. this was done to find another way to transport goods across the country and in that time, transportation using the river was very slow and dangerous. it depended entirely on manpower and the current of the river. that all changed in the late 1700's when steamboats were introduced. they soon revolutionized travel and trade through the river and dominated the waterways. eventually, other means of transportation took over from the steamboats, but there was a time that they the united states to expand to the west.

answer: i think it might be the last one

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