The Suez Canal Inadvertently Encouraged European Imperial Expansion by

The Suez Canal inadvertently encouraged European imperial expansion by

A) making transit into sub-Saharan Africa easier, thus creating the scramble for Africa.
B) isolating Egypt from the Ottoman Empire's protection.
C) giving the British a reason to invade Egypt and establish indirect rule there.
D) setting France and England at war with one another.
E) making it possible for Egypt to sell out other African nations at the Berlin Conference.