Why is it incomplete to see the subsistence crisis only as a natural disaster?
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Correct answer: Because taxes, wages and prices were also involved
The governing concept is that a subsistence crisis has multiple interacting causes. A poor harvest could reduce grain supply, but its social effect depended on taxes, rents, feudal dues, wages and market prices. If wages failed to rise while bread became more expensive, workers and peasants lost purchasing power and could no longer obtain sufficient food. Heavy obligations made the shortage more painful, while unequal access to resources shaped who suffered most. Therefore, the crisis was both natural and economic and social. Option B is false because harvests could fail; C ignores bread’s central role; D is irrelevant. Option A correctly gives the wider explanation.
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Because taxes, wages and prices were also involved
Why is this the correct answer?
The governing concept is that a subsistence crisis has multiple interacting causes. A poor harvest could reduce grain supply, but its social effect depended on taxes, rents, feudal dues, wages and market prices. If wages failed to rise while bread became more expensive, workers and peasants lost purchasing power and could no longer obtain sufficient food. Heavy obligations made the shortage more painful, while unequal access to resources shaped who suffered most. Therefore, the crisis was both natural and economic and social. Option B is false because harvests could fail; C ignores bread’s central role; D is irrelevant. Option A correctly gives the wider explanation.
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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