What was subsistence crisis in France? How it triggered the French Revolution?

(i) The production of food grain didn’t keep pace with the rapid increase in population, so the price of bread rose rapidly.
(ii) As wages were fixed for the workers, the rising price of bread got out of their reach,
(iii) Situation worsen whenever there was drought or hail and thus an extreme situation prevailed where the basic means of livelihood were endangered-called subsistence crisis
(iv)This situation triggered the bell of French Revolution as angry women stormed into the bakery shop after spending hours in long queues as cold winter had destroyed the harvest.
(v) They marched towards the king’s palace asking for bread, while their men were striking in tennis court for justice. This led to a chain of events which culminated in French Revolution.
 

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