AP European History / Unit 6: Industrialization and Its Effects
6.2 The Spread of Industry Throughout Europe
Notes
Industry spread to Belgium, France and the German states; later and more slowly to Southern and Eastern Europe. Governments built railroads; the Zollverein (German customs union) helped. Britain tried to keep technology secret.
Practice
The Zollverein was:
1834.
Industrialization in Eastern Europe was:
Serfdom, less capital.
Railroads helped spread industry by:
Transport.
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