Answer:
Subsistence Crisis: It is an extreme
situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.
The
demand for foodgrains was increased as population had increased in France from
23 million to 28 million. Production of grains could not keep pace with the
demand. So the price of bread, which was the staple diet of the majority, rose
rapidly. Most workers were employed as labourers in workshops whose owner fixed
their wages. But wages did not keep pace with the rise in prices. So the gap
between the poor and the rich widened. Things became worse whenever drought or
hail reduced the harvest. This led to subsistence crisis, something that occurred
frequently in France during the Old Regime.
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