What was Theodore Roosevelt's primary reason for urging Panama to revolt against Columbia?

To take over the operation on the Panama Channel

Explanation:

Panama's domestic and foreign policy in the 20th century is essentially linked to the Panama Canal and US foreign policy. In the early 20th century, US President Theodore Roosevelt advocated a deal with Colombia that would allow the US to take over operations on the French Channel Project, whose construction began by Ferdinand de Lesseps. November 1903, a small group of wealthy Panamanian landowners, the so-called. The separatist junta, led by Dr. Manuel Amador Guerrero, initiated the separation of Panama from Colombia with the support of the United States.

Answer: so we could access land to build the canal across the isthmus of panama