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In an era of bad harvests, famine, and rioting, the French government took steps to improve the worsening financial crisis. What did the government do?

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The options available are:

A. The government raised taxes.

B. The government called for genuine political reform.

C. The government forced all estates to pay the same taxes.

D. The government reduced the Third Estate’s tax burden.

Answer:

A. The government raised taxes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The era of bad harvests, famine, and rioting, in France, was what led to the French revolution in between 1789 - 1799 and under King Louis XVI. During this period, French government in its attempt to rescue the situation and improve the worsening financial crisis, made the government raised taxes.

The result, which, though helps the economic condition of the French government, it worsens the economic conditions of the people in France as a whole.

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