Population growth in France encouraged which problem?
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Correct answer: Demand for food and high prices
Population growth increased the demand for grain and other foodstuffs. When food production and supply did not expand quickly enough, scarcity developed and prices, especially the price of bread, rose. Since ordinary families spent a large part of their income on bread, this increase caused severe hardship and helped create a subsistence crisis before the French Revolution. Option A is correct because it connects demographic growth with pressure on food supply and higher prices. Population growth did not end taxes, automatically fill the state treasury or eliminate the nobility, so options B, C and D do not describe the historical effect relevant to the question.
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Demand for food and high prices
Why is this the correct answer?
Population growth increased the demand for grain and other foodstuffs. When food production and supply did not expand quickly enough, scarcity developed and prices, especially the price of bread, rose. Since ordinary families spent a large part of their income on bread, this increase caused severe hardship and helped create a subsistence crisis before the French Revolution. Option A is correct because it connects demographic growth with pressure on food supply and higher prices. Population growth did not end taxes, automatically fill the state treasury or eliminate the nobility, so options B, C and D do not describe the historical effect relevant to the question.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution. Topic: French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century.
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