Essay On Panama Canal

The Panama canal was a canal build for American and british leaders to send and receive goods from across the ocean faster, quicker and cheaper. When roosevelt became president of the united states as many other americans felt they needed a canal that would go across panama, a short cut across central america it would be more faster and cheaper, the United states wasn't the only ones trying to build a canal in panama, a french company tried to build the canal but after 10 years they gave up, they sent an agent to convince the united states to buy its claim, in november 3, 1903 the unites agreed to buy the french company and use the panama route. Before starting construction the united states needed permission from colombia which rule panama, agent Bunau Varilla help the colombian to control the panamanian rebellion. The Panama canal was one of the most expensive and dangerous projects the united states had to build,

Construction began in 1903 and ended in 1914, the panama canal was one of the biggest projects united states had. Many builders died from a disease called yellow fever, the yellow fever
The estimated cost of the panama canal is about 460 million or more.

After all the hard work and effort done to the panama canal it was given back to the panamanians because they knew it was build in panamanian soil so they had the right to keep what belongs to them others see it this way, imagine you rent a house you fix the house you put in paint and other awesome stuff, remember you're still renting the place out, the united states never bought the property or bought panama which they only paid for a signed treaty and to claim the route which the french had sould to the united states.
On september 1977 Jimmy carter made a promise where he gives the panamanians the panama canal back around the year 2000, still up to this day the united states government is still paying for all does years we ran the