Directory Flashcards
1
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White Terror
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- 1795
- Thermidorians supported by Muscadins who attacked sans-culottes and Jacobins
- Victims of terror, such as rebels in Vendee, murdered Jacobins
2
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Rising of Germinal
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- April 1795
- 10,000 sans-culottes invaded convention
- Demanding ‘Bread and constitution of 1793’
- Convention placed Paris under martial law
3
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Martial Law
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Ruling through the army, using military measures
4
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Rising of Prairial
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- May 1795
- 20,000 sans-culottes invaded Convention
- Demanding better supply of food and constitution of 1793
- 40,000 soldiers called to dispel crowds
5
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Rising of Vendemiare
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- Ocotber 1795
- 25,000 armed royalists marched on Convention
- Thought plebiscite was rigged
- Napoleon fired 40 cannon killing 300 Royalists
6
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Constitution of Directory 1795
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- Bicameral structure - Council of 500 and Council of Ancients
- Directory of 5 chosen by Ancients
- All male taxpayers over 21 had voting rights
7
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Economic and financial problems faced by directory
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- Problems of food supply hindered by poor harvest in 1795
- Inherited budget deficit and problems of tax collection due to changes in authority since 1793
8
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How did the Directory successfully deal with the economic and financial problems
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- 1795 weights and measures standardised bringing grain price down: long term success
- 1798 taxation system reorganised making collection efficient
9
Q
Coup of Fructidor
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- September 1797
- Fear of royalist majority
- Directors claimed Pichegru contacted monarchist emigres
- 177 royalist deputies arrested
10
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Pichegru
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President of Council of 500
11
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Coup of Floreal
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- May 1798
- Jacobins soared ahead in elections
- Results altered by Law of 22 Foreal
- 127 deputies purged from Council of 500
12
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Coupf of Prairial
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- June 1799
- Councils opposed conduct of war
- Director Sieyes demanded resignation of two directors
- Both resigned
- Councils had forced purge of Directors
