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Question 1

When did the Thermidorian Reaction occur?

Answer 1

1794–1795 – Reversal of radical policies.

Question 2

When was the Constitution of Year III introduced?

Answer 2

22 August 1795 – Created a conservative republic.

Question 3

When was the Directory established?

Answer 3

26 October 1795 – Weak five-man executive.

Question 4

When did Napoleon crush the royalist uprising?

Answer 4

5 October 1795 – Showed reliance on the army.

Question 5

When was the Coup of Fructidor?

Answer 5

4 September 1797 – Directory purged royalists.

Question 6

When did the Directory rely heavily on the army?

Answer 6

1797–1799 – coup of fructidor: 130 deps purged, use of army for arrests (4 sept 1797), vendemiare (5 oct 1795) royalist uprising put down by Napoleon

Question 7

When was the Coup of Brumaire?

Answer 7

9 November 1799 – Napoleon seized power.

Question 8

How did the Thermidorian Reaction (1794–1795) influence politics?

Answer 8

Reversed radical laws → stabilised middle-class power. Effect: Led to Constitution of Year III (22 Aug 1795) and Directory (26 Oct 1795).

Question 9

Why did the Directory rely on the army?

Answer 9

Weak executive + royalist threats → army crushed uprisings (5 Oct 1795) and purged opposition (Coup of Fructidor

Question 10

How did the Coup of Brumaire (9 Nov 1799) mark the end of the Revolution?

Answer 10

Napoleon seized power → overthrew Directory. Effect: Established Consulate; revolutionary period officially ended.

Question 11

when was coup of floreal

Answer 11

11 may 1798

Question 12

what was coup floreal

Answer 12

Directors purged over 100 (Jacobins) from the Council of Five Hundred by annulling election results in numerous departments

Question 13

what was coupp de fructidor

Answer 13

directory purged 130 royalists deputies were purged, deported or arrested and used the army - napoleons general to arrest leaders like general pe

Question 14

what was the coup of vendemiare

Answer 14

royalists forces marched onto constitution to re establish monarchy but napoleon put them down through force - whiff of grapeshot. showed the dependancy of the military