Why did president roosevelt support the rebels in panama when they declared independence from colombia?
the rebels promised to provide laborers to the us build the panama canal.
colombia threatened to attack us workers if they began work on a canal.
colombia had raised the price for the rights to build the panama canal.
the rebels promised to allow freedom of religion in panama.

I believe the answer is: Roosevelt supported the rebels because Columbia threatened to attack US workers if began on a canal

This attack created a sour relationship between Columbia's reigning government and the united states government. Because of this, Roosevelt provide the rebels with monetary funds and weapons in order to help them to override and restructure current government.

Columbia threatened to attack US workers if began on a canal

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