4.1 Réveillon Riots

Question 1

Reasons for discontent

Answer 1

Harvest Crisis + 1788 winter + unemployment led workers to experience food insecurity

Question 2

Bread in Paris

Answer 2

A four-pound loaf of bread had cost nine sous in August 1778.
A four-pound loaf of bread now cost fourteen sous in February 1789.

Question 3

Casualties

Answer 3

25-100 dead
At least 25 wounded

Question 4

Adcock

Answer 4

one of the first examples of revolutionary action by the Parisian crowd - a rehearsal for the actions of 14 July