“Geography Theory” of Western

More on Jared Diamond’s “Geography Theory” of Western (American) Institutions.
Got to https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/cattle.html
And then to https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html
A) Please explain how Bos Taurus (cattle) and smallpox help explain why English is spoken in Preston,
Idaho and the language of the Shoshoni Indians is not spoken in Preston, England.
B) The English had cattle and, by the 16
th
century, universities and guns. The Shoshoni had Buffalo
(Bison) but neither universities nor guns. Does the difference between Cattle and Buffalo help
explain universities and guns in England but not in the Cache Valley at the time European settlers
started to make their way into Cache Valley in the 18
th
century?
C) Constitutional government (i.e., the Rule of Law) as opposed to the Rule of the Powerful is a critical
institution that supports thriving societies, including a high standard of living. Visit:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.CD?name_desc=false
What is the Net National Income per Capita in the U.S.? Russian Federation?
What explains this difference?

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