Necratoid, your knowledge of French History is utter garbage which means that it is on par with your knowledge of pretty much everything else you spout.
Necra-Fact The French were starving during the mini-ice age.
No. The French were starving through a combination of huge deficit spending by the non-representational French Government, a grossly corrupt feudal system, taxation without representation, etc. Not to mention burgeoning cloth industry that turned formerly cultivated lands into sheep fields. All the while, the French coffers being drained through a series of ill-conceived and ill-fought wars; combined with excesses by the government and clergy. This was compounded by European banks trashing France's credit rating, making it very difficult for them to borrow funds.
Necra-Fact: The solution was to change crops, the long stalk grains snapped off in the cold and spoiled creating a food shortage.
No. The harvest in 1788 was poor; but that in an of itself would not have been sufficient to cause mass starvation had the fiscal and political situation been stronger.
Necra-Fact: They demanded the king fix the weather or the crops
No. Over the period predating the revolution there were multiple attempts to restore fiscal stability and prosperity. These included taxation reforms blocked by the nobility, not the people; multiple attempts at creating a more representative legislature and aligning local taxation to a national model to lessen corruption. The potato was introduced at the French court; and integrated in haute cuisine, but it did not gain widespread use until considerably after the revolution. Part of the feudal system is that the Signeur dictates much, if not all of what you plant. In other words those that were planting the crops were not choosing the crops. To whit, in Ireland the potatoe was the basis for the family farming to survive, as an acre could feed a whole family leaving their remaining acres to provide crops (Wheat/Barley/etc.) demanded by their landlord.
Necra-Fact: A major cause of the French Revolution was Starvation.
Necra-Fact: They refused
No. The primary movers and shakers in the Revolution were the bourgegoisis; the moneyed merchants, traders and craftsmen. Who were fed up with the lack of representation.
Necra-Fact: They starved for their resistant to changing crops and some died for it.
No. The majority of starvation was in the cities, rather than the countryside and had far more to do with the economy than the availablitliy of foodstuffs. There was food but no one could afford it on the wages paid.
Conclusion: In matters of history you would be unable to find your arse without both hands, a flashlight, and a team of highly motivated spelunkers.
Necra-Fact The French were starving during the mini-ice age.
No. The French were starving through a combination of huge deficit spending by the non-representational French Government, a grossly corrupt feudal system, taxation without representation, etc. Not to mention burgeoning cloth industry that turned formerly cultivated lands into sheep fields. All the while, the French coffers being drained through a series of ill-conceived and ill-fought wars; combined with excesses by the government and clergy. This was compounded by European banks trashing France's credit rating, making it very difficult for them to borrow funds.
Necra-Fact: The solution was to change crops, the long stalk grains snapped off in the cold and spoiled creating a food shortage.
No. The harvest in 1788 was poor; but that in an of itself would not have been sufficient to cause mass starvation had the fiscal and political situation been stronger.
Necra-Fact: They demanded the king fix the weather or the crops
No. Over the period predating the revolution there were multiple attempts to restore fiscal stability and prosperity. These included taxation reforms blocked by the nobility, not the people; multiple attempts at creating a more representative legislature and aligning local taxation to a national model to lessen corruption. The potato was introduced at the French court; and integrated in haute cuisine, but it did not gain widespread use until considerably after the revolution. Part of the feudal system is that the Signeur dictates much, if not all of what you plant. In other words those that were planting the crops were not choosing the crops. To whit, in Ireland the potatoe was the basis for the family farming to survive, as an acre could feed a whole family leaving their remaining acres to provide crops (Wheat/Barley/etc.) demanded by their landlord.
Necra-Fact: A major cause of the French Revolution was Starvation.
Necra-Fact: They refused
No. The primary movers and shakers in the Revolution were the bourgegoisis; the moneyed merchants, traders and craftsmen. Who were fed up with the lack of representation.
Necra-Fact: They starved for their resistant to changing crops and some died for it.
No. The majority of starvation was in the cities, rather than the countryside and had far more to do with the economy than the availablitliy of foodstuffs. There was food but no one could afford it on the wages paid.
Conclusion: In matters of history you would be unable to find your arse without both hands, a flashlight, and a team of highly motivated spelunkers.