He most likely practices the sociocultural approach.
They didn't want a repeat of what happened with great Britain
The territorial and economic changes that promoted German unity was <span>the annexation of the Rhine lands by </span><span>Napoleon. Germans did not like being ruled by the French. The creation of the German </span><span>Confederation was weak and headed by Austria, and the creation of the Zollverein (economic union) which encouraged cooperation among the states.</span>