Railroads In 19th Century Essay

Railroads were played an important role in the colonization and economic improvement in India and Mexico. Railroads created infrastructure and by integrating markets and increasing trade, this helped grow these two respective economies. Railroads allowed India and Mexico to increase their imports and exports, and also attributed to people becoming more connected between cities, which could have contributed to the native people of both countries desiring independence from their foreign rulers. Both photographs that I have chosen for the India sections depict the same idea. Both photographs show railroad workers and engineers posing for the photographs before the entrance of a tunnel. Both of these photographs are important to show that that railroads are an important part of the development of Indian infrastructure. By building railroads through these mountain ranges India was able to connect their cities, so that they could increase trade and make transportation faster too. It took a lot of manpower and resources to blast through the mountain ranges and that is why the engineers are also pictures. Railroads gave India the ability to connect cities and trade centers, “ We think there are two reasons. First, railways were far superior to the
Thus, the railways inadvertently began to draw thousands of Mexican workers steadily northward” (Morales and Schmal). The railroads allowed Mexican workers to move northward for more work and, thus, created northern migration that would boast the economies of northern Mexico. The second photograph is important because it shows how rebels directed their attacks on the railroads. They believed by destroying the railroads they would be able to destroy Zapata and overthrow this rule by infiltrating Mexico’s