Question

Paris witnessed an upheaval in 1848 which forced monarch Louis Philippe to leave the city. The unrest was caused by (a) Tax rise (b) Food shortage and unemployment (c) Industrial crisis (d) Drain of wealth

Answer 1

Answer:

B)Food shortage and unemployment

Explanation:

Answer 2

The unrest in Paris was caused by food shortage and unemployment in 1848 (Option b).

• The french revolution in 1948 caused significant civil unrest in France. Ordinary people of the city of Paris started their protest against the traditional monarchial system.
• Louis Phillippe was the head of the monarchy at that time. Since the ancestors took a huge amount of loans for war crises, the royal wealth was not enough to maintain the economy of the country.
• That is why the prices of essential commodities like food, clothes, etc. became very high. The common people could not afford to live a minimum life.
• Imported essential commodities from other countries also had a very price because of very high import taxes. In this way, food shortage and unemployment were the biggest problems in 1848.
• In options, a, c, and d, Tax rise, industrial crisis and drain of wealth was not the main cause of the unrest happened in Paris in 1848.

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