On June 2, a crowd gathered at the Convention, demanding the suspension of the Girondins. The sans-culottesThe sans-culottes were the common people of the lower classes, a majority of whom became aggressive partisans in response to their bad quality of life under Ancien Régime. and soldiers of the Paris Commune, led by François HanriotFrançois Hanriot was a French Cordelier leader and a street public speaker., occupy the hall of the Convention and force it to vote for the arrest of 29 Girondins deputies & two ministers.