Neutrality
Policy of supporting neither side in a war.
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The United States wanted to build the Panama Canal in order to save time and money on trading. Before the Panama Canal, people had to sail all the way around Africa in order to get to the other side of the world, which costed much more money and took a lot longer. The US owns the canal because of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, which gave the rights to the USA to build and manage it.
In 1688, Massachusetts colonists escaped from under the control of an unpopular autocratic governor, Edmund Andros. This is because the<span> English forced King James II to abdicate the throne and the colonists then deposed of Andros. </span>