USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following contributed to France’s financial crisis?
A
a drop in the gold supply
B
an extended period of peace
C
peasant uprisings
D
bad harvest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -France’s prolonged involvement in the Seven Years’ War of 1756–1763 drained the treasury, as did the country’s participation in the American Revolution of 1775–1783.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main cause of France? s financial crisis of the 1780s was the very expensive wars France fought during the 1700s. For most of the 1700s, France was at war with most of Europe and overseas in the Americas. These long wars were expensive and imposed great hardships on the nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the years 1787 – 1789, terrible weather, heavy rain, hard winters and too hot summers led to three very bad harvests in France. This led to peasants and farmers having smaller incomes, while food prices rose sharply. The poor harvests also meant that many French farmers became unemployed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Harvest failures contributed to revolutionary sentiment by leaving the nation short of food crops, which created bread shortages and drove up prices, particularly in France’s towns and cities.

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