Question

         Why were members of Jacobins club known as sans- culottes?                                ​

Answer 1

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. The word "San Culottes" means those without knee breeches, and members of jacobian club refused to wear the knee breeches worn by the upper class to signify the end of their rule.

Answer 2

Answer:

because they wore dress that was similiar to that of dock workers and thus they were called sans culottes