Question

what is subsistence crisis? give any two factors responsible for subsistence crisis in old regime?

Answer 1

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,which threatens the food supplies and the survival prospects of large numbers of people.


<>Population increased from 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789 so the demand of food increased which led to increase of the price o food.
<>When drought or flood came the grains that were sowed by the farmers in the field got destroyed which further led to subsistence crisis.
<>The workers worked for the owners and their wages were set by their owners which did not kept pace with the increasing price thus the financial gap between rich and poor widened.
These situations led to subsistence crisis.