The country that gained independence from Columbia in 1903 is Panama. The construction of the Panama Canal started after it.
The country that obtained its independence in November 3 1903 is Panama.
The country that gained its independence in 1903 was Panama. They gained their freedom from the South American country Columbia.
The region was settled by the Spanish in the 16th Century but broke away 1821. Panama joined a union with Venezuela and Ecuador called the Republic of Gran Colombia. This was dissolved in 1831. Panama ceded from Colombia in 1903 allowing the Panama Canal to be built between 1904 and 1914 by the US Corps of Engineers and others. The Canal transferred from the US to Panama by the end of the 20th Century
The Panamanian government took control of the country on November 4, 1903. The United States recognized Panama's independence on November 6, 1903.
Panama broke away from Colombia in 1903. The separation was influenced by U.S. interests in building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Following the declaration of independence, the United States quickly recognized Panama and subsequently signed a treaty to construct the Panama Canal.
Before 1903, Panama was governed by Spain and then by Colombia. Spain controlled Panama from the time of its colonization in the 16th century until the early 19th century. Following a series of independence movements across Latin America, Panama became part of the Republic of Colombia in 1821, remaining under Colombian governance until its separation in 1903.
Simón Bolívar freed the area of northern South America and Panama on September 7, 1821 and this was called Gran Colombia. Venezuela and Ecuador split in 1830 and Panama was with what is now Colombia in a country called New Granada. Then it was briefly Granadine Confederation. The country's government reorganized under the name The United States of Colombia in 1863. The country changed again in 1886 to Republic of Colombia. In 1903, Panama broke free.
The United States formally recognized Panama as a nation on November 18, 1903. Panama has declared its independence from Colombia not long before that.
Panama gained its indepence in 1903 November 3
On 3 November 1903, Panama broke off from Colombia.
The nation of Panama was created in 1903 because Roosevelt sent the U.S navy to support a revolution on the isthmus. This allowed Panama to become independent of Colombia and the US to get the land to build the Panama Canal.