WHAT ROLE did Theodore Roosevelt play in the creation of the Panama Canal?

Answer 1

Powerful politicians wanted to build the canal elsewhere in Central America, in a more politically stable country, but TR saw that building it in Panama would save hundreds of millions of dollars. Panama was, at the time, a province of Colombia, that was dissatisfied with how they were being ruled from Bogota. With a degree of TR's assistance, the Panamanians rebelled and allowed the canal to be built. The canal was an enormous breakthrough for world trade and was of strategic importance.

Answer 2

Then President Theodore Roosevelt was very important to the construction of the Canal. The idea was first mentioned in the important work "the Effect of Sea Power on the History of the World", which presented four goals to the American Navy, one of which was to build a canal through the Isthmuth of Panama. When Roosevelt was unable to secure land to build the Canal from the Colombian government, he encouraged the people living in Panama to rebel in return for the U.S. being able to build a canal there. Construction on the canal project began during his presidency.

Answer 3

he helped enforce Panamas independence and later signed a treaty with panamato buy a piece of land where the canal would be built and also convinced congress that the canal was needed.