France - Horrible Histories Special by Terry Deary

Author:Terry Deary [Deary, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, France, Nonfiction, Humor, Reference
ISBN: 978-1407137162
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

This was still happening about 30 times a year in the 1780s in France. It’s no wonder the people were so violent when they revolted in 1789.

11 The Flour Wars 1775

King Louis XVI came to the throne and the people loved him … at first. The price of bread had always been a problem. So Louis XVI’s ministers came up with plans to cut the price of bread. But rich and greedy men bought up all the corn and charged even higher prices.

There were riots in nearly every market in France. Rioters attacked bakers’ shops and stole flour and bread. The riots became known as the ‘Flour Wars’.

Instead of making the peasants happy, Louis had made them furious. Two months after the riots the price of bread was still high.

What did Louis do? Had his coronation with the usual show of his wealth. His Queen, Marie Antoinette, wrote to her mother…

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