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?

In an era of bad harvest, famine, and rioting, the french government took steps to improve the worsening financial crisis.  The step that the government took is : The government raised taxes
This decision of course, may support the economic condition within the government, but it made the people became more suffer.

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