SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who were the Sans-Culottes?
A
Foreigners
B
the common people of Paris
C
the Clergy
D
The Estates General
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The sans-culottes (French: [sɑ̃kylɔt], literally ‘without breeches’) were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th-century France, a great many of whom became radical and militant partisans of the French Revolution in response to their poor quality of life under the Ancien Régime.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jacobins came to be known as Sans-culottes, which literally means those without knee breeches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who was able to control the Sans Culottes in the end? Answer: The Sans Culottes were brought under control finally by a Directory of Five in 1795 and then by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799.

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