Investiga y elabora un texto sobre la historia del Canal de Panamá teniendo como ejes de análisis y descripción la importancia para los Estados Unidos de tener un canal interoceánico, la relación entre el canal y la política del garrote, y el proceso que llevo a los Estados Unidos a hacerse dueño del canal de Panamá.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances