Changes in technology and environment in Latin America

                   Changes in technology and the environment in Mexico and Brazil made many strides forward into industrialization with the industrialization of both America and Europe it was bound to happen. Some of the major advances in technology that were really popular were advances in transportation such as the locomotive train and the steamboat. Trains were much faster than the widely used mules and the same for boats but, the steamboat was considered far superior due to it’s hard metal exterior that but wooden sail boats to shame. Another big advancement was the telegraph and telegraph lines which lead to one of the biggest things in European rule which was the Transatlantic telegraph line that connect Brazil to Europe in 1974. One of the main reasons why the telegraph was so like was not only because of its ability to send messages faster but, the telegraph lines were able to be put up quicker and had less need to demolish the environment. Which the advance in technology led to many environment changes because for trains to get to point A to point B they would sometimes need to blow holes into mountains using explosives causing the formation of caves. Also, the political environment changed as well with these advances in technology because many people wanted the current government to become a republic and for there to be constitutions and for there to be elections that weren’t rigged to have particular people control the country. This is very different then what pre-Columbian people thought about the environment or environmental phenomenon. Before Columbus the indigenous people thought as the land, trees, water, and rain as things connected to the gods they worshipped and often seen things like rain as blessings or signs that the gods were angry. So many things changed when technology advanced into the 19^th and 20^th century.