Lokacin da mulkin Napoleon ya fara aiki a 1848, sojojin Napoleon sun farfashe sojojin Roman Empire Mai Tsarki. Lokacin da mulkinsa ya fara kafa matakan zamantakewa, gudanarwa da dokoki da aka ɗauka wanda ya karya mulkin mallaka wanda limamai da masarauta suka yi a yankin a baya. Ƙasar Rhineland ba ta da kyau ga aikin gona, amma gandun daji ya kasance al'ada ce mai ƙarfi a can. Rashin rashin aikin gona, ƙarshen karni na 18 na tsarin mulkin mallaka, da kuma masana'antar katako mai ƙarfi sun ba da gudummawa ga masana'antar masana'antu na Rhineland. Tare da kusanci na kwal a cikin Mark, da kuma samun dama ta hanyar Tekun Arewacin Rhine, yammacin Rhineland ya zama yankin masana'antu na farko a cikin karni na 1845.
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