discuss main factors which were responsible for subsistence crisis in French revolution
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b There extreme food shortages which led to increase in increas of bread
c Many people were employed as workers in work shops. Their wages did not keep pace with increase in prices which led to an increasing gap between the rich and the poor.
d The situation worsened whenever there was hail or drought.
First of all, what is subsistence crisis?
It is an ultimate situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered because of economic factors..
Now factors which were responsible for subsistence crisis in France :-
>> The population of France in 1715 was 23 million and it Rose to 28 million in 1789.
>> As the population increased so the demand for food was also increasing.
>> But the production wasn't enough for all demands.
>> This resulted in the increase of bread which was the stable diet for all basic livelihood.
>> Another reason was that many workers were employed as labourers in workshops and their owners fixed their wages.
>> But this wasn't enough to keep pace with the rise in prices.
>> This led to a wide gap between poor and rich.. and Force subsistence crisis in France.
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