4. On ascending the throne of France, Louis XVI found the treasury empty. Why was the treasury empty?
5. What is subsistence crisis?
6. List any 3 taxes levied on the third estate.
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ans.4 In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France. He found an empty treasury. The causes for it was (i) Long years of wars had drained the financial resources of France.
ans.5 A subsistence crisis is a crisis caused by economic factors (generally high food prices), which in turn may be caused by either natural or man-made factors,[1] which threatens the food supplies and the survival prospects of large numbers of people (it is considered famine if it is extremely severe and large numbers of lives are lost). A subsistence crisis can be considered genuine if it is visible in demographic data.
ans.6 The three taxes levied on the third state were-a. Taille- These were the taxes levied by the State.b. Tithe- These were the taxes paid by the peasants to the Church.