Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because
A) he thought they would not charge as much for a canal route as the Colombians.
B) he wanted to establish a permanent U.S. military base in the region.
C) Roosevelt was personal friends with the Panamanian engineer Bunau-Varilla.
D) he regarded the Colombians as racially inferior.
E) the Colombian senate had rejected the American offer to buy a canal route across Panama.
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