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22 August 1795: The new French constitution created a legislature...

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22 August 1795

The new French constitution created a legislature with two chambers; a five-man Directory held executive power.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv
Popkin, Jeremy D. “Race, Slavery, and the French and Haitian Revolutions”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2003, pp. 113-22.
118

4 September 1797: Deputies of the French Directory purged the...

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4 September 1797

Deputies of the French Directory purged the Legislature of conservatives.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv, 316-7
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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14 December 1797: The French Directory announced its repudiation...

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14 December 1797

The French Directory announced its repudiation of yet more of the public debt.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv

11 May 1798: The French Directory conducted a second purge...

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11 May 1798

The French Directory conducted a second purge of the Legislature and other public institutions.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv

18 June 1799: The French Legislative Assembly staged a...

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18 June 1799

The French Legislative Assembly staged a coup d'état against the Directory , and excluded particular Directors from office.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
534-5

9-10 November 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France,...

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9-10 November 1799

Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France, overturning the Directory in a coup d'état.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xv
Runciman, David. “Shockingly Worldly”. London Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2003, pp. 7-10.
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