This is important because democracies work differently than other forms of government (dictatorship, communisim, anarchy) if every country was under one mass rule people would be supressed like they are in certian countries. (women can't drive, poc are supressed, rohinga ppl....ect) and because of these differences in views people would revolt and start revolutions. It is because of this its important that countries govern themselves.
In 1861 McCoy began to work in the mule and cattle industry. He expanded his business to shipping large herds of cattle to slaughter and quickly recognized flaws in the system. An average of longhorns in Texas caused their value to be only three to four dollars a head.