USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It consisted of an executive branch called the “Five Directors” and a legislative branch called the “Corps Legislatif.” Five Directors: The Five Directors were five men who were selected by the Council of Ancients. They acted as the executive branch and were responsible for the day-to-day running of the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Directory was a 5 members committee which replaced the committee of Public safety under the Jacobin leader Robespierre. It was in power until Napoleon became the emperor of France.

Detailed explanation-3: -This was intended to prevent executive power being concentrated in the hands of one man. D’Anglas wrote to the Convention: We propose to you to compose an executive power of five members, renewed with one new member each year, called the Directory.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Directory was a five-member committee which governed France from 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety, until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire (8–9 November 1799) and replaced by the French Consulate. It was removed from France as it was unstable.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.