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  • Essay / Violence and discontent: catalysts of the French...

    It is difficult to single out the Sans-Culottes because they are a huge group that represents the people, but it is obvious that most, if not all, Most of the resulting deaths came from the frequent arrests and accusations brought by the Sans-Culottes. The Sans-Culottes start with good intentions. They were described as hard working and loyal. Their main demands were not excessive. They wanted a cap on bread prices, laws against hoarders and a mass lifting. As Colin Jones stated, the French Revolution and Terror were the shocking result of people with good intentions becoming evil. “What was both terrifying and sobering about the Terror of 1793-94 was the aura of chance that hung over the violence it provoked – even when it was carried out by individuals with an impeccable Latin education and high moral principles. » Although the sans-culottes' education was by no means the best, they were proud of themselves and their morality and saw themselves as the opposite of crooked and corrupt politicians. Slowly but surely, the Sans-culottes became the tool that these politicians used to claim