WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The constitution of the year III, which the National Convention had approved, placed executive power in a Directory of five members and legislative power in two chambers, the Council of Ancients and the Council of the Five Hundred (together called the Corps Législatif).

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: -Who were members of the Directory? The Directory consisted of an executive branch called the “Five Directors” and a legislative branch called the “Corps Legislatif.” The Corps Legislatif was divided into two houses: the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-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.