WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the revolution, the sans-culottes provided the principal support behind the more radical and anti-bourgeoisie factions of the Paris Commune, such as the Enragés and the Hébertists, and were led by populist revolutionaries such as Jacques Roux and Jacques Hébert.

Detailed explanation-2: -A minority of sans-culottes were politically active, at least in an organised sense. They were most commonly found in the 48 sectional assemblies that made up the Paris Commune. Of the 1, 361 deputies who sat in these assemblies in 1793-94, more than two-thirds were tradesmen or shopkeepers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sansculottes presented themselves as members of the poorer classes or leaders of the common people, but during the Reign of Terror public functionaries and educated men also adopted the label to demonstrate their patriotism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Jacobins call themselves ‘Sans Culottes’ because they wanted to distinguish themselves from the aristocracy. The sans-culottes were the working-class people of Paris and other cities who participated in the great movement of the French Revolution.