1 mai 1793 - fIrst Law of Maximum
Description:
- Attempt by convention to fix price levels = appeased Sans Culottes and Jacobins
- Jacobins sided with Sans Culottes to gain political upper hand
- Maximums on wheat and bread
- Increased pressure from Jacobins and Sans Culottes led to maximum getting passed in early September
- Maximum made problem of food availability worse. Discouraged farmers and reduced the amount of food coming into towns.
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