1. What was the significance of the zollverein?
Germany

2. Zollverien
1818 Prussian tariff reform law- all raw materials were free from tariffs and within Prussian territories, all internal customs and duties were abolished (liberal)
Free trade within the largest state in Germany- therefore other neighboring states wished to join to trade freely with Prussia
Formal agreement in states and 26 million people- Austria was never a member

4. Zollverein Assembly of members called the Zoll parliament
Unanimous consent for changes
Uniform tariff on all imported goods
Proceeds were divided between the states according to size and population
Raw materials and semi-manufactured good entered the union tax free
Make it rain!!!!!

5. Zollverein 1831 Holland 1844 Britain and Belgium
1840 report for the British Government:
“the general feeling in Germany is that it is the first step towards the Germanisation of the people”
Almost every German state joined (minus Austria)
Initiative came from Prussia, which suggested that they were the natural leader of the German states
The Zollverein acted as a union- assembly