Describe any three steps taken by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective
identity amongst the French people.
- THE 1830s were years of great economic hardships in Europe.
- An enormous increase in population all over Europe.
- In most countries there were more job seekers than employment.
- Population from rural areas migrated to the cities to live in. overcrowded slums.
- Small producers in towns were often faced stiff competitions from imports of cheap machine-made goods from England.
- Peasants struggled under the burden of feudal dues and obligations.
- The rise of food prices or a year of bad harvest led to widespread pauperism in town and country.