To provide a source of wealth (hopefully gold and silver) and to establish an English foothold against potential Spanish expansion in the New World.
C) Colombia had raised the price for the right to build the Panama Canal.
The United State's wanted to create a Canal somewhere in the Latin America Isthmus. Because of this, the US Congress adopted the Panama Canal plan, But Colombia was not willing to cut a reasonable deal since they were asking for too much money for control of the canal. This made president Roosevelt encourage Panamanians to rebel and support their cause.
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Early in their history, a violent and bloody slave revolt caused the Spartans to change their society. A Spartan, Lycurgus, drafted a harsh set of laws that required total dedication to the state from its people.
Republicans nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for the 1876's presidential election because Rutherford came from Ohio's important swing state. Upon Rutherford's acceptance of the said nomination, he wrote that if he would be elected, he would give the blessings of honesty and the capability of the local self-government to the South. This means that he will restrict any federal enforcement of unnecessary Reconstruction-era policies.
