What made the plains of texas, colorado, and other western states good for cattle ranching?

Cattle ranching is good for both the environment as well as the animals. The cattle graze on the land and eat down the grass. Cattle ranching spread to the plains because there was lots more grass to graze than in other areas. 

john locke is most associated with the idea of consent of the governed which is the idea that the government is only valid if it has the consent of the people who are being governed.

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