Peasants in the 18th Century

When farmers in the 18th century studied the history of the 18th century, people were often reading insightful intellectuals, powerful leaders, even even great soldiers, but the general population was generally ignored It was. These men, women and children, constituting the farmers' society, paid taxes to support the military, protected the land, and this time it gave the same history to the numbers above. In the 18th century, French farmers accounted for 80% to 85% of the population, but their existence in culture was not noticed.

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In the late 18th century, the farmers' population increased dramatically. This sudden increase requires more land. Land allocation is getting smaller and smaller until the farmers are unable to support their families with the land they currently own. Due to the population increase, farmers are almost impossible to do anything about the small compartments they receive. French debt To compensate for this loss, the government raised taxes. The importance of these taxes is serious about farmers. King Lewis asked me to pay land tax on the first and second lands, but they refused for the way the government works. The difficulties facing farmers are getting bigger and their anger towards aristocrats is increasing. The poor harvest of 1787 and 1788 led to food shortages. Farmers can hardly do it

At the end of the eighteenth century, poor grain harvests, drought, cattle diseases, and the price of soaring bread over 20 years caused concerns among French farmers and poor people in the city. Many people expressed despair and dissatisfaction with the government that imposed the tax, but did not ease it by riots, robbers, and strikes. Tension broke out in the French Revolution in 1789, and several historians combined it with the small glacial period. In 1816, due to the dust caused by volcanic eruption and the coldness of the small ice age, the famous "year not a summer" occurred in the northern hemisphere. Like many Europeans, Mary Shelley and her friends who have gotten out of reach have rolled and kept warm in the fire. One of them, Sir Byron Sir, encouraged his colleagues to write and share their own supernatural stories; two years later, Mary was published as "Frankenstein or Modern Prometheus" .