The treaty was signed on November eighteenth, nineteen-oh-three. That was just fifteen days after Panama declared its independence.
MAURICE JOYCE: Colombia protested. It said the United States had acted illegally in Panama. Many American citizens protested, too. They called President Roosevelt a pirate. They said he had acted shamefully.
Some members of Congress questioned the administrations deal with the French canal company in Panama. Several investigations examined the deal.
Theodore Roosevelt did not care. He was proud of his success in getting the canal started. He said: I took the canal zone and let Congress debate. And while the debate goes on, so does work on the canal.
RICHARD RAEL: It took ten years for the United States to complete the Panama Canal. The first ship passed through it in August, nineteen fourteen.
In that same year, the United States signed an agreement with Colombia. The agreement expressed Americas regret for its part in the Panamanian revolution. And it provided a payment of twenty-five million dollars to Colombia.
Theodore Roosevelt was no longer president when the agreement was signed. But he still had many friends in the Senate. He got them to reject it.
After Roosevelts death, the United States signed another agreement with Colombia. The new agreement included the payment of twenty-five million dollars. It did not include the statement of regret. The Senate approved the new agreement.
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