The building of the Panama Canal is considered one of the greatest engineering feats in history. In the 1820s, at the time of initial American interest in the Panama Canal, Panama was part of Gran Colombia. The building of the Panama Canal would create a new alliance for the U.S. while gaining financially and acquiring independence from Colombia. The building and maintaining of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s allowed the United States to develop and gain economically while Panama received independence from Colombia and the U.S. expanded through trade. Positive as well as negative effects were brought to Panama and the U.S. The construction of the Panama Canal was vitally more important to the U.S. Building and maintaining the canal would
