USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -President Roosevelt responded by dispatching U.S. warships to Panama City (on the Pacific) and Colón (on the Atlantic) in support of Panamanian independence. Colombian troops were unable to negotiate the jungles of the Darien Strait and Panama declared independence on November 3, 1903.

Detailed explanation-2: -The frayed relations between the U.S. and Panama began almost immediately after the signing of the 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty that allowed the U.S. to build and maintain the Panama Canal on the Isthmus of Panama. Panama was established as a country, with U.S. assistance, shortly before the treaty was signed in 1903.

Detailed explanation-3: -Panama grants the U.S. control over the Panama Canal zone for $10 million. The U.S. acquires French property relating to the canal for $40 million. Construction begins the same year. President Theodore Roosevelt travels to Panama, becoming the first U.S. president to travel abroad while in office.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1903, the United States negotiated a treaty with Colombia that granted the United States the right to construct and operate a canal for 100 years within a zone six-miles wide across Panama.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty gave the U.S. the right to build a canal on a strip six miles wide and 53 miles long. The U.S. would have complete control over the entire area. But, the U.S. would be left on its own to negotiate for property belonging to the New Panama Canal Company.