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The history of the Panama Canal begins in the 1880’s when the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was signed on April 19,1880. This treaty between the United States and Great Britain stated that neither country could excavate in the Colombian area. At the time prospecting for Colombian oil was the key issue. On February 5, 1900 the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was brought forward. This treaty renounced British rights to joint construction and ownership of a canal, and was rejected when the treaty …

…s are becoming weak. We need to defend our boundaries, and not let China control the Panama Canal. If china does control the Panama Canal, that means they are that much closer to the United States and China, as a communist country, they want to become the world power. Yet they don&#8217! ;t have an navy, so by controlling the panama Canal, that leads China one step closer to becoming the world power. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**