Answer: I'm almost 100% sure that the 2nd one is correct, but I would wait for another opinion as well.
Explanation:
The answer is
B) it was written in the middle of the 18th Century
The answer is: profits from the Americans caused growing inflation in spain, the costs of many wars rapidly emptied the spanish treasury
The rise in America's economic power cause Spain to lose a lot of market that they previously dominated through trades.
As the profit obtained by the Americans got higher, GDP that Spanish producers able to create keep declining, which cause a growing inflation in Spain. This situation got worsened by the need of high government budget to be allocated to the military.
What are we talking about in this context?
Answer:
Jackson felt that federal funding of state projects was essential to prevent the states from having too much power.