The pre-revolutionary peasants were appalled by the divide between the lower and upper class and were ready to make a change in French society that would follow Enlightenment philosophies. The people decided to work together to form a constitution for their country that would treat all men equally before the law, without granting special privileges to upper-class citizens and equal voting rights for all. Their self-name, Sans-Culottes, is a symbol of their rejection of high-class luxury, as "Culottes" were the knee-length trousers worn especially by wealthy French citizens (the name literally means Without Culottes). This movement was extremely popular because it appealed to all the poor people in France, urban and rural. As time passed, the new righteous government was not fully realized and the Sans-Culottes became angry to the point of violence in attempting to bring about the changes promised by the first revolutionaries. The Sans-Culottes were a powerful driving force in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror due to the massive impact their violence had on society. French peasant women played an important role in the Revolution due to their aggressiveness, zeal and participation in the Sans-Culottes protests. On February 25, 1973 there was an intervention by the riot police in which “there was a new crowd of citizens there… But we had brought with us many armed citizens who dispersed this crowd. We saw a small town there… influencing people and creating problems.” The police had to quell another riot caused by women's reaction to the high price of sugar when "the women, above all, were the most furious... and the most threatening... they were truly furious", and the the fact that “they didn't burn anything... it was a great gain. ...... middle of paper ...... hnson, Levy. Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789–1795. "Police Reports on Disturbances of Food Supplies (February 1793)". University of Illinois Press, 1979.Eds. Applewhite, Johnson, Levy. Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789–1795. "Women's Participation in the Sugar Riots, February 1792." University of Illinois Press, 1979.Barbier, E.J.F. Chronicle of the regency and reign of Louis XV or Barbie's diary (1724-1725), vol. 1. “A bread riot.” Paris: G. Charpentier et Cie., 1857.Ed. Browning, Oscar. Earl Gower's dispatches. "A British observer of the September massacres". Cambridge University Press, 1885.Ed. John Hardmann. Documents of the French Revolution 1792–95, vol. 2. “Père Duchesne, no. 313”. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1973. Marquis de Ferreriès. Unpublished correspondence. “The Revolt of Réveillon (28 April 1789)”. (Paris, 1932).