MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Directory came to power
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Napoleon took over the government
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The Committee of Public Safety took over the government
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Directory ruled France for four years from November 2, 1795 to November 10, 1799. It came into power after the “Reign of Terror” when the country was ruled by the Committee of Public Safety.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Directory (also called Directorate, French: le Directoire) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 2 November 1795 until 9 November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Directory, French Directoire, the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799. It included a bicameral legislature known as the Corps Législatif.
Detailed explanation-4: -In July 1794 Robespierre was arrested and executed as were many of his fellow Jacobins, thereby ending the Reign of Terror, which was succeeded by the Thermidorian Reaction. Learn about the most famous political group of the French Revolution.