3.1 Harvest Crisis - Food Shortage

Question 1

Cost on food

Answer 1

A normal worker would spend around 50% of their income on food. By 1788 they were spending about 80%

Question 2

McPhee

Answer 2

Twenty-two of the years between 1765 and 1789 were marked by food riots

Question 3

Natural disasters

Answer 3

The July hailstorm decimated crops, and was immediately followed by one of the coldest winters of the century. The winter of 1788-1789