I am not to sure on this one but I believe that your answer is A China lost its favorable balance of trade as silver began to flow out of the country.
The answer would be A. The reason being is that in the time that Prince Maximillian was in office royalty the Crimean War was happening.
<span>Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 into law and it made the railroad be able to happen. Hope this helped!</span>