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Food shortages - Coggle Diagram
Food shortages
Central Europe
Very poor in cereal harvests
Devastation of potato crop
Catastrophic consequences for Europe's labouring clases
Inflate the price of basic food stuffs to higher levels
People spent 70% of their incomes on food
They couldn't afford any other things
Financial Crisis
They had to use their gold reserves to import food.
British capital began to be withdrawn in railways and general industrial investments.
The result was a credit squeeze
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Substancial unemployment and the contraction of industrial output.
Characterised by over production in the industries, such as
Coalmining and ion for the railways
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Main feature
The widespread disruption of food supplies.
The social problems due to the post napoleonic era were intensified.