Directory regime

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The Directory regime was the five-member executive government that ruled France from 1795 to 1799, marked by political instability, corruption, and ongoing wars until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.

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instanceOf French government ⓘ
executive government ⓘ
historical regime ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
conflict War of the First Coalition ⓘ
War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Year III ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currency French franc ⓘ
domesticPolicyIssue counter-revolutionary unrest ⓘ
economic crisis ⓘ
food shortages ⓘ
endEvent Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
endTime 1799 ⓘ
foreignPolicyGoal expansion of French influence in Europe ⓘ
hasCharacteristic corruption ⓘ
frequent coups and plots ⓘ
inflation ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
reliance on the army ⓘ
headOfState French Directory ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
ideology republicanism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislativeBody Council of Ancients ⓘ
Council of Five Hundred ⓘ
notableEvent Coup of 18 Fructidor (1797) ⓘ
Coup of 22 Floréal (1798) ⓘ
Coup of 30 Prairial (1799) ⓘ
notableLeader François de Neufchâteau ⓘ
Jean-François Reubell ⓘ
Lazare Carnot ⓘ
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux ⓘ
Paul Barras ⓘ
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai ⓘ
Étienne-François Le Tourneur ⓘ
numberOfDirectors 5 ⓘ
overthrownBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
politicalOpposition Jacobins ⓘ
linked to: Jacobin Club

royalists ⓘ
precededBy Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
replacedBy Consulate ⓘ
replaces National Convention ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ
startEvent adoption of the Constitution of Year III ⓘ
startTime 1795 ⓘ
timeInFrenchRevolution late phase of the French Revolution ⓘ

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