Between 1827 and 1830 , France faced an economic downturn , industrial and agricultural , that was possibly worse than the one that sparked the Revolution . A series of progressively worsening grain harvests in the late 1820s pushed up the prices on various staple foods and cash crops . In response , the rural peasantry throughout France lobbied for the relaxation of protective tariffs on grain to lower prices and ease their economic situation . However , Charles X , bowing to pressure from wealthier landowners , kept the tariffs in place . He did so based upon the Bourbon response to the " Year Without a Summer " in 1816 , during which Louis XVIII relaxed tariffs during a series of famines , caused a downturn in prices , and incurred the ire of wealthy landowners , who were the traditional source of Bourbon legitimacy . Thus , between 1827 and 1830 , peasants throughout France faced a period of relative economic hardship and rising prices
Year Without a Summer
Year Without a Summer
Bourbon Restoration