Faeelin
Banned
Since these threads are good at generating discussion and thought, even if they don't have a timeline, as such.
Some thoughts: Prior to the civil war, Southern infrastructure lagged behind northern infrastructure. The Confederate constitution forbade protective tariffs, and federal improvements to infrastructure.
So, what's the Confederacy to do? Clearly at some point there will be a desire for protective tariffs; but how do you get the Carolinas and so forth to agree to tariffs? As agricultural states, they're going to favor free trade.
Hmm. It seems that the Confederate constitution doesn't forbid, say, Virginia from establishing protective tariffs; a confederation within the Confederation?
How will the Confederacy cope with the declining cotton prices in the latter half of the 1860s?
Some thoughts: Prior to the civil war, Southern infrastructure lagged behind northern infrastructure. The Confederate constitution forbade protective tariffs, and federal improvements to infrastructure.
So, what's the Confederacy to do? Clearly at some point there will be a desire for protective tariffs; but how do you get the Carolinas and so forth to agree to tariffs? As agricultural states, they're going to favor free trade.
Hmm. It seems that the Confederate constitution doesn't forbid, say, Virginia from establishing protective tariffs; a confederation within the Confederation?
How will the Confederacy cope with the declining cotton prices in the latter half of the 1860s?