The War Inflation On The Social Class In France

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To begin, the war experienced in France was deadly because it had a major cause of deaths, and the loss destroyed the people of France. Because of the many losses the country’s birthrate dropped from the years and most of the of the children became orphans. The people that were ruined from the war had psychological problems due to that fact that they seen many horrible events happening during the war. Because of the war France didn’t have much land after the war so they wouldn’t be able to build anything from the land. France agricultural production went down and there was food shortage during that period. Inflation weakened the social class in France. France had consult with their colonies and importing good from other countries. The war experience

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