Question

The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in Europe. Explain how?

Answer 1

• The first half of the nineteenth century saw an enormous increase in population all over europe.
• Population from rural areas migrated to the cities to live in overcrowded slums.
• Small producers in towns were often faced with stiff competition from imports of cheap machine-made goods from England.
• The rise of food prices or a year of bad harvest led to widespread pauperism in town and country.