Imagine that the Thirteen Colonies managed to strike a deal with the mother country, and they go with something along the lines of the Albany Plan of Union.
How would internal trade and trade with Britain and the rest of the Empire look like? Would there be an inter-provincial trade clause, some kind of economic union in addition to this political union of the colonies?
Would the provinces more likely control their trade with their own tariffs, leaving broad Union-wide trade and trade with the Native Americans to the Union government? London would prefer an exclusive trading relationship with this area of potential economic productivity and wealth, though might not be happy with high provincial tariffs. I think other provinces would prefer not having so many restrictive trade policies within the Union?
Thoughts? I think several here would argue that a still-British America with no ARW means at most a confederated United Colonies of the original Thirteen that gradually includes the other BNA holdings over a century plus or minus half a century, or at least several Dominions on the North American continent (partial Unions) that fully mature by the end of the 19th century? If either of those cases, how would the economies of those several Dominions, or the confederal United Colonies, look like?
How would internal trade and trade with Britain and the rest of the Empire look like? Would there be an inter-provincial trade clause, some kind of economic union in addition to this political union of the colonies?
Would the provinces more likely control their trade with their own tariffs, leaving broad Union-wide trade and trade with the Native Americans to the Union government? London would prefer an exclusive trading relationship with this area of potential economic productivity and wealth, though might not be happy with high provincial tariffs. I think other provinces would prefer not having so many restrictive trade policies within the Union?
Thoughts? I think several here would argue that a still-British America with no ARW means at most a confederated United Colonies of the original Thirteen that gradually includes the other BNA holdings over a century plus or minus half a century, or at least several Dominions on the North American continent (partial Unions) that fully mature by the end of the 19th century? If either of those cases, how would the economies of those several Dominions, or the confederal United Colonies, look like?