WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was formed during the last four years of the French Revolution. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -A new constitution was introduced which denied the vote to non-propertied sections of society. It provided for two elected legislative councils. These then appointed a Directory, an executive made up of five members.

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: -The Directory was a committee of five leaders in the French First Republic from 1795 until 1799. The Directory was a safeguard against a single leader like Maximilian Robespierre. Maximilian Robespierre played a role in the French Revolution and introducing the Reign of Terror.

Detailed explanation-5: -Council of Ancients The upper house of the legislature of France during the period commonly known (from the name of the executive branch during this time) as the Directory, from August 22, 1795 until November 9, 1799, roughly the second half of the French Revolution.