Inflation+in+France

=**Inflation during French Revolution**= __Question: Why did all of the necessities' costs rise up?__

Inflation is general rise of price in goods. According to the economists, inflation happens when there is an excessive growth in money supply. The cause of inflation is depend on the value of money. Less value and insignificance of money usually cause inflation. For instance, during the war, money isn’t important for people. People usually prefer gold or necessities such as food or cloth. In this situation, inflation in gold and other necessities happen. This shows that more demands cause inflation.
 * What is inflation?**


 * Why there was inflation during French Revolution?**

Inflation was one of the main reason of the cause of the French Revolution. Why did the inflation happened in France? Before the French Revolution, there was American Revolution. American Revolution was British verses American. France’s one of the biggest rival was Britain. To weaken British’s power, France joined the war. At the end, the American and French won, however, France had lots of damage on its country. After the war, famine had struck France. This was the reason why inflation leaded to high price of necessities such as bread. Bread was one of the most important source for the Third Estate people. However, due to the inflation, the bread’s cost went up three times more expensive than before. Therefore, poor suffered from hunger while aristocrats are enjoying their wealth. This was one of the motivations for poor people to rebel against the wealthy people.




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