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Y314: The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919

Economic forces: Economic nationalism and modernisation, Zollverein, economic integration

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Why did the exclusion of Austria from the Zollverein matter?

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Name three ways in which the German states were economically integrated before 1871 besides tariffs.

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  1. 1

    Explain what is meant by economic nationalism in the German context.

    Model answer

    The argument that Germans formed a single economic community whose prosperity required common tariffs, currency, communications and law, so that economic self-interest pointed towards political unity.

  2. 2

    What did the Prussian tariff law of 1818 do?

    Model answer

    It swept away internal customs barriers within Prussia and created a single moderate tariff at the frontier, making Prussia the largest free-trading area in Germany and a model that neighbouring states found hard to resist.

  3. 3

    Define the Zollverein.

    Model answer

    The customs union that came into force in 1834, joining Prussia and most other German states in a single market with common external tariffs and shared revenue, and no internal customs duties.

  4. 4

    Why did the exclusion of Austria from the Zollverein matter?

    Model answer

    Austrian industry needed high protection and Vienna's finances could not survive the loss of customs revenue, so Austria stayed outside and Prussia gained economic leadership of Germany; Austrian attempts to join or replace the union in the 1850s failed.

  5. 5

    Summarise Friedrich List's argument.

    Model answer

    He held that a developing nation needed protective tariffs to build up its industry before it could compete, and that a national market bound together by a railway network was the foundation of political strength.

  6. 6

    How far did the Zollverein cause German unification?

    Model answer

    Some historians treat it as the decisive step, arguing that economic integration under Prussia made political unification a matter of time; others reply that it was created for Prussian revenue and administrative convenience, that several members fought against Prussia in 1866, and that unity finally came from war and diplomacy.

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