WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was the Directory, the government after the reign of Terror, was weak?
A
It was not weak
B
It returned to a monarchy
C
It was two legislative houses
D
It has 5 dictators
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. The Directory suffered from widespread corruption.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Directory (also called Directorate, French: le Directoire) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 (4 brumaire an IV) until 10 November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. Describe Bonaparte’s rise to power.

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