Question

who were the sans culottes? Who were able to control them in the end?

Answer 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.

Answer 2

Explanation:

It was a way of proclaiming the end of the power wielded by wearers of knee breeches. These Jacobins came to be known as the sans culottes, literally meaning 'those without knee breeches'. After the fall of Jacobins, power was seized by the wealthier middle class.