History A-Level
Railways and the Zollverein
What Railways and the Zollverein means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Railways and the Zollverein
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Railway building expanded rapidly, linking markets, lowering transport costs and stimulating coal, iron and engineering, while the Zollverein was a customs union that reduced internal tariffs and promoted trade, though Austria remained outside it.
Topics that use Railways and the Zollverein
- Paper 2, Option 2D.2: The unification of Germany, c1840–71 - 1 Popular pressure and causes of revolution, 1840–48 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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