Which of These Statements About the Suez Canal Is FALSE

Which of these statements about the Suez Canal is FALSE?

A) The building and financing of the canal was collaboration between France and England.
B) Egypt depended on revenues from cotton to keep its independence and stock in the canal.
C) With the fall in cotton revenue, the Egyptian khedive was forced to sell their stocks to the British.
D) With the alliance of France and Egypt, England lost a great deal of power over the canal and the area.
E) England forced both political and military oversight of Egypt.