What Did the Sans Culottes Do

The sans-culottes, most of them urban labourers, served as the driving popular force behind the revolution. They were judged by the other revolutionaries as “radicals” because they advocated a direct democracy, that is to say, without intermediaries such as members of parliament.

What does Sans Culottes symbolize?

The “red cap” worn by “Sans culottes” in “France” symbolized liberty. It is also known as the “Liberty cap” or the “Phyrgian cap” and was adopted during the “French revolution” by the “Sans culottes” or the common people in the 18th century.

What is the meaning of sans-culottes Class 9?

Sans-culottes, literally means ‘those without knee breeches‘. They were Jacobins who wore particular kind of dress to proclaim the end of power wielded by wearers of knee breeches.