Answer:
(i) Population of France rose from about 23
million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789.
(ii) This led to a rapid increase in the demand for
foodgrains.
(iii)
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.
(iv)
Most of the workers were employed as labourers in workshops whose owners fixed
their wages. But wages did not keep pace with the rise in prices. So the gap
between rich and poor widened.
(v)
Things became worse whenever draught or hail reduced the harvest. This led to
the subsistence crisis, something that occurred frequently in France during the
old regime.
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