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paying for the panama
roosevelt offered columbia $10 million in cash and $250,000 yearly in rent to allow the U.S. to build a canal through panama. President Roosevelt responded by dispatching U.S. warships to Panama City (on the Pacific) and Colón (on the Atlantic) in support of Panamanian independence. -
building the panama canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal, a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
a revolt happened
a revolt took place. u.s. gun boats waited in the harbor to provide support for the rebels. u.s. marines landed in colón to prevent hostile columbian troops from reaching panama city. -
decloration from columbia
With the support of the U.S. government, Panama issues a declaration of independence from Colombia. The revolution was engineered by a Panamanian faction backed by the Panama Canal Company, a French-U.S. corporation that hoped to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with a waterway across the Isthmus of Panama. -
helping columbia
a frenchman acting for panama signed a treaty giving U.S. permenent use and control of a 10 mile wide zone across the isthmus of panama
Experience Panama - Seven Wonders Of The World - Episode 5: The Panama Canal, by BBC...
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the first great obstacle to building the canal was not an engineering problem. It was a disease. The construction of the canal involved 3 major tasks. Cutting through a dam, mountain and erect were some of the struggles. -
opening of panama canal
the panama canal opened.After years of work, the Atlantic and the pacific were joined. -
summary/reflection
august 15th 1914 the panama canal opened. The panama canal is and was very important. roosevelt offered a lot of money for the opening. -
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Experience Panama - Seven Wonders Of The World - Episode 5: The Panama Canal, by BBC...
