Isthmus of Panama in History

Treaty supports American use of Panama as an Atlantic to Pacific transit corridor

Treaty becomes an early diplomatic foundation for later United States canal ambitions

Treaty establishes a precedent for later United States involvement in Panama transit policy

Signs treaty guaranteeing United States transit rights across the Isthmus of Panama

United States and New Granada sign treaty guaranteeing transit across the isthmus

Treaty grants free transit over existing or future routes across the Isthmus of Panama

Treaty language covers routes that may later be constructed across Panama

United States obtains rights of transit across the Isthmus of Panama

Treaty is later interpreted as permitting United States protection of isthmian transit

United States agrees to guarantee the neutrality of the isthmian transit route

Treaty strengthens United States access between Atlantic and Pacific routes

Mallarino Bidlack Treaty creates an early legal basis for future American canal policy in Panama

Treaty helps prepare the legal environment for later United States-backed railroad transit across Panama

United States guarantee becomes a key legal background to later Panama Canal diplomacy

Polk administration advances a strategic policy of protected isthmian communication

Treaty gives the United States a diplomatic interest in protecting transit across Panama