Although eighteenth-century food riots were a direct response to the lack of available food, they were also a reaction to

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Food riots in the eighteenth century were not only about the immediate lack of food but also reflected deeper frustrations with systemic inequalities, including the lower classes' exclusion from the political system and their desire for the government to intervene in economic matters such as the regulation of grain prices. This choice captures the broader socio-political context of the riots, linking the scarcity of food to broader issues of political disenfranchisement and economic injustice.

Although Eighteenth-Century Food Riots Were a Direct Response to the Lack