Panama Canal

Since the Colombian government blocked the efforts of the US to acquire land,the US decided to aid the rebellion in hopes of getting a piece of land in return to build a canal.The canal was to be built to shorten the distance ships had to travel.In order for this to work the two oceans had to be connected together:the atlantic and the Pacific.However the US has many challenges that lie ahead of them to build the canal. The construction of the Panama canal was actually started by a french company called Ferdinand de Lesseps.The company was hired due to their success with the Suez canal of 1869.The United States also wanted to build a canal connecting the two oceans.They saw that building this canal would give them a commercial advantage as well as a military advantage due to the US being a major naval power and having two island protectorates on each side of the American continent.However, due to the french having already begun building a canal in Panama the US decided to build one in Nicaragua.The Maritime company was asked to build the canal in 1889 and continued up until 1893.The construction stopped due the company losing all its funding in a stock panic in the United States.This setback however, did not …show more content…
President Roosevelt sent US battleship Nashville to Panama to prevent the Colombian government from sailing to Panama.The rebellion was a success gained access to build the canal.The Panama canal treaty allowed the US to build the canal and in return Panama would be paid 10 million dollars every