WORLD HISTORY

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 sans-culottes were the working-class people of Paris, so named because they wore long trousers (pantaloons) rather than the knee-breeches favoured by the aristocracy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jacobian club was the most famous political club during the French Revolution. The members of this club were known as San Culottes because they wore long striped pants worn by dock workers as the symbol of equality.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.