Question

what led to the uprising in paris

Answer 1

The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in Europe. Thefirst half of the nineteenth century saw an enormous increase inpopulation all over Europe. In most countries there were moreseekers of jobs than employment. Population from rural areasmigrated to the cities to live in overcrowded slums. Small producersin towns were often faced with stiff competition from imports ofcheap machine-made goods from England, where industrialisationwas more advanced than on the continent. This was especially so intextile production, which was carried out mainly in homes or smallworkshops and was only partly mechanised. In those regions ofEurope where the aristocracy still enjoyed power, peasants struggledunder the burden of feudal dues and obligations. The rise of foodprices or a year of bad harvest led to widespread pauperism intown and country.The year 1848 was one such year. Food shortages and widespreadunemployment brought the population of Paris out on the roads.Barricades were erected and Louis Philippe was forced to flee.