Paper its obviously to early for a film aswell and they had food but they made a map not a buffet
Your answer is B.) The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Trade was the motivating factor. The silk road accross Asia was besieged by bandits & required bribes to a number of nations to transport goods to & from Asia. Therefore a sea route would be a much safer & less expensive means of getting trade goods to & from Asia.
It was designed to hurt Great Britain.