Multiple choice

Before Panama was independent it was owned by:

  1. France

  2. Colombia

  3. The U.S.

  4. Spain
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Panama was a province of Colombia until it declared independence in 1903 with the support of the United States. It was never a colony of Spain or France in the same direct sense as other regions, though it was part of the Spanish Empire historically.

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