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Sans-Culottes Reaction to Promulgation
- When
- after 14 June 1791
- Where
- Political center of the sans-culottes agitation
- Part of
- Abolition of Guilds in Paris
The law's promulgation enraged the sans-culottes, who demanded an end to the National Constituent Assembly, though it continued through the Revolution's second phase.
The promulgation of the Le Chapelier Law enraged the sans-culottes, who responded by calling for an end to the National Constituent Assembly. Despite this popular opposition, the Assembly nonetheless continued its work through the second phase of the Revolution, showing that the agitation did not immediately dissolve the legislative body.
Sources
- Le Chapelier Law 1791 Wikipedia, revision of 2025-11-28
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