Economic pressures and sans-culottes discontent

• To help fund the ear effort, the government printed more assignats, causing their value to drop by half. Supplies of bread had became very scarce due to feeding the army.
• A naval blockade of French ports by English ships further damaged France’s economy as overseas trade was hampered.
• Marat blamed the price rises on hoarders and counter-revolutionaries, encouraging the sans-culottes.
• The National Guard had to be deployed to put down the riots.
• The Paris Commune pushed for the Convention to introduce a maximum price on bread and grain. Girondins deputies opposed this and continued to advocate for free trade.