MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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Increase in the demand of food grains due to increase in population
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A large number of people were unemployed
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People were under the burden of taxes
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Due to the increase in population, the demand for food grains also increased. The price of all the commodities also increased. The wages of workers did not match with the rise in prices. The gap between the poor and rich widened and led to a subsistence crisis.
Detailed explanation-2: -9. Which three causes led to the Subsistence crisis in France during old regime? (3/5) Ans) i) The population of France rose from about 23 millions in 1715 to 28 millions in 1789. II) This led to rapid increases in the demand for food grains. iii) Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was in France that the concept of a subsistence crisis was first formulated by Meuvret in 1946, and greatly popularized by Goubert in 1960 through his influential study of the Beauvaisis in Beauvais. The theory of subsistence crises, in its contemporary guise, was first formulated by Meuvret in 1946.
Detailed explanation-4: -3) Things became worse whenever drought or hail reduced the harvest. This led to a subsistence crisis, something that occurred frequently in France during the Old Regime.