Question

The subsistence crisis in France was an extreme situation.Justify.

Answer 1

• The population of France rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789. This led to a rapid increase in the demand for food grains. Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand. So the price of bread which was the staple diet of the majority.                                                  

• Most workers were employed as labourers in workshops whose owner fixed their wages. But wages did not keep pace with the rise in prices. So the gap between the poor and the rich.

•Things became worse whenever drought or hail reduced the harvest. Shortage of food grains led to price rise, riots and death. It is called subsistence crisis, something that occurred frequently in France during the Old Regime.

Answer 2

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✴Subsistence crisis is a situation in which people do not earn that much livelihood which is required by them to fulfil the needs of their family. 

✴This happened in the France in 18th century. 

✴The population which was present in France earlier suddenly increased in just 74 years. 

✴The population of France grew from 23 million to 28 million in the time between 1715 and 1789.

✴The cultivation of food grain was not much will that year and the population also arose. Because of this, the people were not having bread to eat. 

✴Low amount of food grain cultivation and it's high demand in market led to the increase in prices of bread. Hence, the financial gap between rich and poor increased and the people mostly of the 3rd estate were angry with government and it was the beginning of revolution.