What Circumstance Permitted the English and Dutch to Expand Their

What circumstance permitted the English and Dutch to expand their trade in Asia and the Americas?

A) They explored new areas of the Americas and started their own silver mines.
B) They found a passage through the Americas to Asia and got rich through trade with China.
C) They took advantage of Spain's bankruptcy caused by religious and dynastic wars.
D) They received opportunities to trade in the Americas and Asia from the Catholic Church as part of an attempt to achieve rapprochement.