Years of Bad Harvests (sep 30, 1784 – jan 1, 1795)
Description:
*By 1789 France was critically out of food. Jacques Necker who was head of finances for France banned all exports of food. He also arranged 148,000 tons of foreign grains to be imported into France.*Inflation was a big deal during this time. Bread rose from 8 sous to 14 sous. This was between 80 and 90 percent of a person daily wage for one loaf of bread.
*The reason that France was faced with bad harvests was because the farmers used techniques that could not support the new and larger population. Farmers used intensive methods that yeilded small amounts of food and they were susceptable to weaher conditions.
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Date:
sep 30, 1784
jan 1, 1795
~ 10 years