The 1830s were called the years of great economic hardship in Europe because of the following reasons.
(a) There was a rapid increase in population during the first half of the nineteenth century which led to widespread unemployment.
(b) The unemployed rural people migrated from villages to cities for earning bread. This worsened the living conditions in towns.
(c) Cheap machine-made goods from England made it impossible for the small producers to compete.
(d) Peasants suffered because of less agrarian facilities, burden of feudal dues and obligations, bad harvest and price rise. It led to widespread rural poverty
