USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After the Reign of Terror, the National Convention was replaced by the ____, a much more moderate government headed by a council of five men.
A
Legislative Assembly
B
National Convention
C
Directory
D
Estates-General
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Convention ended in October of 1795 following the execution of Maximilien Robespierre and the excesses of the Reign of Terror. The Directory formed out of and replaced the National Convention.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did the Reign of Terror cause the National Convention to be replaced by the Directory? The reign of terror caused the convention to turn to public safety committee and consumed itself ending with Robespierre and the heads of movement being kill. they had the right to own land.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Directory was a fatal experiment in weak executive powers; it was created in reaction to the puritanical dictatorship that had existed under the Reign of Terror of 1793–94, and it would end up yielding to the more disciplined dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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