Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
- Between 1806-1812, Napoleon invaded the lands.
- He organized a number of German states into the Rhine Confederation.
- After Napoleon's defeat, the Congress of Vienna created the German Confederation headed by Austria.
- In the 1830s, Prussia created an economic union called the Zollverein.
- The union removed tariff barriers between many German states, yet they remained politically fragmented