Because the United States offered Colombia ten million dollars, plus 250,000 dollars a year, to build the Panama canal. But the Colombian government wanted more money. And the time Panama was still a part of Colombia, but the people of Panama were planning to gain independence from Colombia, and President Reyes knew that the United States would try to help Panama have their independence.
the articles of confederation gave most power to the states and very little power to the national government, and one of the main issues was that the government could not tax
America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor
