Question

what do you mean by subsistence crisis And what led to the subsistence crisis

Answer 1

subsistence crisis occurs when there is a sudden rise in the prices of the commodity such that even the basic needs of a person are not being able to be coped up it occurred in Germany as the German recklessly reprinted currency

Answer 2

Subsistence crisis

Extreme circumstances where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.

What led to subsistence crisis?

Answer -

• The Population of France increased from 23 million to 28 million from 1715 to 1789.

• The increase in population led to a rapid increase in food grains.

• But the demand was not moved as speed as the increasing population.

• Therefore, the price of staple food (bread) was increased.

• Most of the workers were employed as labourers in workshops.

• The gap between poor and rich enlarged.