No. But the Articles of Confederation were. (So 1781 would have been better. Late night tweeting.)
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We've had to wait until the early 21st century for a hundred separate currencies.
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... "Trade agreements" are the bullshit you get into when Leviathan is given a voice.
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... Model "Trade Agreement": "How about the government butts the f*** out of private transactions in general?"
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... The (British) East India Company did it best. Downhill all the way since.
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Chartered. Not much other government involvement before the Opium War / Indian Mutiny. Then everything went to leftist-imperialist shit.
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Not "free of state involvement", certainly, but most highly-privatized practical option at the time. And least "mercantilist".
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