... This put strains on the already increasing agricultural. Thus when there was a poor harvest there would not be adequate amounts of food, as happened in the 1840s. There was also an increase in industrialization creating tensions. This caused problems for handicraftsmen, who were being replaced by machines, and cheap labor, such as immigrants who would work for lower wages. Most migrants were uneducated, and did not care about their new home, thus creating crimes. This created lost of problems between the migrants and the natives. The increase in industrialization also caused housing problems so that many people would be packed into small houses. This along with inadequate sanitation brought about disease which was quickly spread due to the overcrowded homes, so that life expectance decreased to a mere age of 32. In just Paris during six months 18,400 people died. The more immediate tensions during 1845- 1848 were ...

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