The purpose of the Common Market was to allow Western European countries to:

-a.k.a European Economic Community (EEC)

-created by 6 western European nations in 1957 (France, Italy, West Germany, Netherlands, Belgium Luxembourg) when they signed the Treaty of Rome

-part of a larger search for European unity

-countries would work together & would have free trade w/ no tariffs & would integrate their economies

-guaranteed peace because countries that are dependent on each other won't fight each other

-created solid base for economic growth - encouraged trade, promoted global exports, helped build shared resources for modernization of national industries

-England wasn't a part of it because they didn't like it

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