FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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women, because they wore skirts.
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wealthy, because they did not wear breeches.
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pacifists who did not use guns.
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ordinary patriots without fine clothes.
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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: -sansculotte, French sans-culotte ("without knee breeches"), in the French Revolution, a label for the more militant supporters of that movement, especially in the years 1792 to 1795.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sans-culottes, literally means ‘those without knee breeches. They were Jacobins who wore a particular kind of dress to proclaim the end of power wielded by wearers of knee breeches.
Detailed explanation-4: -Frequently identified by their clothing and demeanour, the sans-culottes were generally associated with political radicalism, their use of violence and intimidation, and the impact they had on the course of the revolution, particularly during 1793-94.