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Explain the aim to for in `Zollverein', a Customs Union, in 1834 in Germany.

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In 1834, a customs union or zollverein was formed by the initiative of Prussia and joined by most of the German states. The union abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number of currencies from over thirty to two. The creation of network of railways further stimulated mobility, harnessing economic interests to national unification. According top Prof. Friedrich List, the aim of the zollverein was to bind the Germans economically into a nation.



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