Directoire

The new French constitution created a legislature with two chambers; a five-man Directory held executive power.

Deputies of the French Directory purged the Legislature of conservatives.

The French Directory announced its repudiation of yet more of the public debt.

The French Directory conducted a second purge of the Legislature and other public institutions.

The French Legislative Assembly staged a coup d'état against the Directory , and excluded particular Directors from office.

Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France, overturning the Directory in a coup d'état.