Title: A Look Back at the Last 250 Years of French Agriculture
Headings: A Look Back at the Last 250 Years of French Agriculture
A Look Back at the Last 250 Years of French Agriculture
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
19TH CENTURY MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURE SPARKS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
THE 20TH CENTURY: MORE SPECIALIZED AGRICULTURE TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND A BASE FOR EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION
THE 21ST CENTURY: A NEW STEP TO PRODUCE MORE AND BETTER FOOD, WHILE PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
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Content: This system produced strong inequalities which ultimately led to popular anger and the Revolution. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
The French Revolution of 1789 was also an agricultural Revolution. One of the factors that led to the French Revolution was actually agriculture. For several years, weather conditions had been difficult, leading to bad harvests. Rural taxes called “privilege seigneriaux” or seigniorial privileges, severely burdened farmers. People were hungry and fighting for bread which ultimately led to a rebellion against the political system in place. The French Revolution altered every part of the French social order. With the abolition of privileges for upper classes, every tax linked to the feudal system was lifted. On the other hand the selling of all the goods belonging to the Church, allowed a broad land redistribution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen stated property as a fundamental right.