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End of the Terror End of the Committee of Public Safety Jacobin club shut down Churches reopened - the end of
dechristianization Economic control/regulation of the
economy ended A new more stable and conservative
constitution written
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1. Two chamber/part legislature - the Council of 500 and the Council of Elders
2. Executive branch = the 5 Directors ran the govt - they were chosen by the Council of Elders
3. In October 1795 radical people in Paris try to overthrow the Directory - the government uses the army (Napoleon) to crush them
4. The government of the Directory relies on the military to stay in power
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Stagnation, corruption, and government greed
A time of materialism and flaunting of wealth
The Directory was hated by political enemies on the left and right
On the right - royalists hated and wanted a return of the monarchy
On the left - radical/Jacobins hated it and wanted a return to the time of Robespierre and the Committee
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wanted to overthrow the directory
wanted to eliminate private property and private businesses - make economic equality
Led “the Conspiracy of Equals”
The conspiracy was crushed in 1796 and Babeuf was executed in 1797
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Napoleon dominates European history from 1799-1815
Napoleon ended the French Revolution in 1799 - but he claimed he personified the revolution …”I am the revolution”
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Born in Corsica in 1769 Son of a lawyer who was from the minor nobility Wins a scholarship to study at a military academy in
France Earns a commission as an officer in the French army Trains in artillery command = cannons Spends a 7 year period becoming intensely self-
educated in science, philosophy, military history, etc.
By the age of 25 he has risen to the rank of Brigadier General in 1794
In 1796 he is made commander of French armies in Italy
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Napoleon defeats the Austrians and drives them out of Italy
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1797 - begins to plan an invasion of England then cancels the invasion
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1798/1799 - leads and invasion of Egypt which will attempt to then move to threaten India
1799 - British fleet cuts off supplies going to the French army in Egypt
1799 - Napoleon bails out on and abandons his army in Egypt…returns to France but is still seen as a hero
The Battle of the Pyramids
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1799 - the “coup of Brumaire”… Napoleon is invited to participate in the overthrow of the government of the Directory
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1799 - after the overthrow of the Directory Napoleon is given the position of “First Consul”…he is the leader of a three man executive body leading the new govt
1802 - Napoleon has himself elected “consul for life”
1804 - Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France = Emperor Napoleon I
The Coronation of Napoleon asEmperor – painted by Jacques Louis David
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