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Why there was scarcity of grain in France?

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Answered by whiteshadow7834
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I'd call famine more of a catalyst for the revolution than a cause of it. It's worth noting, though, that the history is complex enough to where there's not necessarily good consensus on causes.

To my mind, at least, the overarching cause was the fervor over enlightenment ideals. The revolution was inspired, in part, by Rousseau and the Americans, and included the worthy notions of secularization (the revolutionaries went so far as to abolish the Gregorian calendar, due in part to its religious influence), and democratization, especially among the underrepresented "third estate".

So the revolution, early on—in the abstract—was philosophical and high-minded, as one would expect, being driven by enlightenment thought. In fact, it even produced one of the great declarations in the history of human rights. (Unfortunately, that lofty high-mindedness would descend badly into a prostrated and barbaric campaign of terror within just a few years.)

Economic collapse, bread shortages, and King Louis XVI's all-around ineptitude are, to me, contributing factors; they’re environmental catalysts—the collective straws that broke the camel’s back.

Certainly, one can see the catalyst in one of the most important (and seminal) events of the revolution, the Women's March on Versailles, which was a direct effect of bread shortages. That was the occasion where the women of the Paris marketplace rioted over high bread prices, and, along with agitators, marched the 12 miles to Versailles to take siege of the palace.

This may have been when Marie Antoinette is supposed to have said Qu’ils mangent de la brioche, upon hearing that the people didn’t have enough bread to eat. That quote is almost certainly fictional, and she probably wasn't as aloof (nor deserving of execution) as some subsequent histories portrayed her.

In any case, the mob escorted both king and queen back to Paris as prisoners of the third estate. They were forced to rule from there—among the people—until they were subsequently deposed and beheaded.


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