How did the US convince Colombia to allow them to build the Panama Canal?

Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States in nineteen-oh-one. He firmly believed in expanding American power in the world. To do this, he wanted a strong navy. And he wanted a way for the navy to sail quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Roosevelt decided to build that waterway.

Roosevelt supported a revolt in Columbia and eventually Columbia, in order to stop the revolt gave Roosevelt the right to build the panama canal. At least it was something like that