Question

what were the causes of subsistence crisis in France during old regime

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CAUSES OF SUBSISTENCE CRISIS IN THE OLD REGIME WERE :-


✴ 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 of food grains. But, the production of grains could not keep pace with the demand.


✴ Therefore, the prices of bread, which was the staple diet of the majority, rose rapidly.


✴ Most workers were employed as labourers in the workshops whose owner fixed their wages.
But , wages did not keep pace with the rise in prices.


✴ So the gap between the rich and the poor widened.


✴ Things became worse whenever drought or hail reduced the harvest.




This led to a subsistence crisis, that occurred frequently in France in the Old Regime.




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