Question

which of the following events that occurred during the 1780s affected the poor living in frances cities?
politicians who were elected to government wanted to raise taxes.
a series of bad harvests caused the price of bread to rise significantly.
revolutionaries published pamphlets calling for the execution of the king.
a series of cholera epidemics caused by contaminated water supplies killed thousands.

Explanation:

In the 1780s, France faced economic hardships. Bad harvests led to a significant rise in bread prices. Bread was a staple food, and its price increase severely affected the poor living in cities. Cholera epidemics caused by contaminated water supplies were more of a 19th - century issue. Pamphlets calling for the execution of the king were more prominent during the French Revolution (1789 - 1799), not specifically in the 1780s as a widespread event affecting the poor's living in cities. Politicians wanting to raise taxes was a general issue but not the most direct factor affecting the poor's living in cities in the context of the 1780s compared to the bread price increase due to bad harvests.

Answer:

A series of bad harvests caused the price of bread to rise significantly.