The nation that has tried to build a canal before the United States is France.
In 1850, there was a negotiation between Great Britain and the United States to propose a canal that would go through the Central American Republic of Nicaragua.
Further Explanation
However, the canal didn’t see the light of the day, it didn’t move beyond the planning stages. Meanwhile, the French tried to build a canal through Panama, which is a province of Columbia.
The construction of the canal by the French was led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built the Suez Canal located in Egypt. By 1880, French started excavating but there was a problem along the line.
Several diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and other disease worked against Ferdinand de Lesseps and after about 9 years and the death of about 20,000 people due to several diseases, the French effort failed completely.
Despite the problem faced by the French, America continued to pursue its interest to build a canal, and by 1901, the United States was granted the license to build and control its own canal.
After a heated debate in the senate as to where the canal will be located, the senate in June 1902 voted in support of building the proposed canal through Panama.
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