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Bad harvests in France, 1770 to 1789
Poor grain harvests, including the hailstorms of summer 1788, which raised the price of bread.
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According to Cambridge International AS Level History: Modern Europe, 1750-1921 Coursebook
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The textbook dates the hailstorms to the summer of 1788.
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Cambridge International AS Level History: Modern Europe, 1750-1921 Coursebook, Chapter 1, France, 1774-1814 (excerpt), Cambridge University Press.
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There were only three good harvests between 1770 and 1789, and this resulted in rural poverty and hunger.
The tension and unrest was made worse by a series of hailstorms that summer which destroyed much of the harvest.
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