Pact of famine

The expression of pact of famine was used to denounce the liberalization of the Commerce of the grain S in 1763 - 1764 and a hypothetical alliance between speculators and controlling (thus Louis XV of France), combined to starve the interesting people and to obtain Profit S. makes It is that a liberalization of the trade of the grains and a Famine take place simultaneously.

Its name is drawn from the Pacte of family, alliance between France and Spain.

Liberalization of the grains

Liberalization of the grains: --> The idea, above all, was that the liberalization of the trade of the grains by removing the Fixed price S, by increasing the Concurrence and by removing the commercial privileges would have cause a drop in the Prix while encouraging the circulation of these grains.

Desired misfortune that this attempt at Libéralisation coincided with bad harvests: the Prices, from now on free, rose. Poorest could not nourish itself. The implicit pact between king and population, which requires of the king to take care of the safety of her subjects and with their supply food products was broken. A great agitation was followed from there and the attempt had to end: Prix fixed by the king returned.

Rumor of plot

During years 1760, the Provost of Beaumont invents the expression of “Pact of famine” or “Plot of famine”, persuaded that under cover of liberalization scandalous Spéculation S. the expression hid is quickly taken again. This thesis of conspiracy liberal royalty-speculators will be also taken again at the time of the Révolution.

It is with these theoretical monopolizers that one allotted the cruel famines which afflicted France at various times, in particular in the years 1767 - 1769, 1775 - 1778, 1788 - 1789. The revolution making disappear the old Mode made disappear the rumor.

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