French Constitution of 1795

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French constitutional document constitution fundamental law

The French Constitution of 1795 was the post-Terror republican charter that established the Directory government and marked a conservative phase of the French Revolution.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Year III	11
Constitution of the Year III	6
Constitution of 1795	4
French Constitution of 1795 canonical	4
1795 Constitution of France	1
Constitution de l’An III	1
Constitution de l’an III	1
Constitution of the French Year III	1
Constitution of the Year III of the French Republic	1
National Convention decree of 31 May 1795	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: French Constitution of 1795
Context triple: [French Revolution, keyDocument, French Constitution of 1795]

A. French Constitution of 1793
The French Constitution of 1793 was a radical democratic charter drafted during the French Revolution that proclaimed universal male suffrage and extensive social rights but was never fully implemented.
B. French Constitution of 1791
The French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France, establishing a constitutional monarchy that limited the powers of the king and restructured the state during the French Revolution.
C. Constitution of the Fifth Republic
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the foundational legal charter of modern France, establishing its semi-presidential system of government and defining the powers and relationships of its main political institutions.
D. French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a foundational 1789 document of the French Revolution that proclaims universal individual rights and the principles of national sovereignty, liberty, and equality before the law.
E. Concordat of 1801
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleonic France and the Papacy that reestablished the Catholic Church’s position in France after the Revolution while keeping it under strong state control.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: French Constitution of 1795
Target entity description: The French Constitution of 1795 was the post-Terror republican charter that established the Directory government and marked a conservative phase of the French Revolution.

A. French Constitution of 1793
The French Constitution of 1793 was a radical democratic charter drafted during the French Revolution that proclaimed universal male suffrage and extensive social rights but was never fully implemented.
B. French Constitution of 1791
The French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France, establishing a constitutional monarchy that limited the powers of the king and restructured the state during the French Revolution.
C. Constitution of the Fifth Republic
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the foundational legal charter of modern France, establishing its semi-presidential system of government and defining the powers and relationships of its main political institutions.
D. French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a foundational 1789 document of the French Revolution that proclaims universal individual rights and the principles of national sovereignty, liberty, and equality before the law.
E. Concordat of 1801
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleonic France and the Papacy that reestablished the Catholic Church’s position in France after the Revolution while keeping it under strong state control.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French constitutional document ⓘ constitution ⓘ fundamental law ⓘ
adoptedInYear	1795 ⓘ
adoptedOnDate	22 August 1795 ⓘ
aimedTo	avoid a new dictatorship ⓘ prevent concentration of power ⓘ stabilize the Revolution after the Terror ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitution de l’An III ⓘ linked to: French Constitution of 1795 Constitution of Year III ⓘ linked to: French Constitution of 1795
banned	permanent assemblies of citizens ⓘ
cameIntoForceOnDate	23 September 1795 ⓘ
characterizedAs	conservative phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
containsDeclaration	Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ linked to: French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
containsProvision	checks and balances between branches ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
context	Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ post-Terror period ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
createdExecutiveBody	Directory ⓘ
createdLegislativeBody	Council of Ancients ⓘ Council of Five Hundred ⓘ linked to: Council of Five Hundred (faction)
draftedBy	Thermidorian Convention ⓘ linked to: Thermidorian Reaction
excludedFromSuffrage	many poorer men ⓘ most women ⓘ
executiveSelectionMethod	elected by the legislature ⓘ
followedBy	French Constitution of 1799 ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Year VIII
governmentType	republic ⓘ
historicalSignificance	established the Directory regime that lasted until Napoleon’s coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ marked the end of the radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation	bourgeois republicanism ⓘ
includesConcept	duties of citizens ⓘ rights of man ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of France from 1795 to 1799 ⓘ
legislativeElectionMethod	indirect elections ⓘ
legislatureStructure	bicameral legislature ⓘ
limitedPowerOf	executive ⓘ legislature ⓘ
numberOfDirectors	5 ⓘ
phaseOf	French Revolution ⓘ
politicalRegimeEstablished	Directory ⓘ
precededBy	French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
repealedBy	Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
repealedInYear	1799 ⓘ
repealedOnDate	10 November 1799 ⓘ
restricted	political clubs ⓘ
suffrageType	census suffrage ⓘ
territorialScope	French Republic ⓘ
votingRightsRestrictedTo	male citizens with property or tax qualifications ⓘ

How these facts were elicited