1) What was the new government formed in 1795 called ? When and by whom was it thrown ? 2) Who were the Jacobins ?
Answers
1A] Constitution of 1795 (Year III) Constitution of 1795 (Year III), French constitution established during the Thermidorian Reaction in the French Revolution. Known as the Constitution of Year III in the French republican calendar, it was prepared by the Thermidorian Convention.
2A] The Directory or Directorate (French: le Directoire) was a five-member committee which governed France from 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety. On 9 November 1799, it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate.
3A] Jacobin a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793–4.
The new government formed in 1795 was called French Directory or Directorate. It was a five member committee which governed France from 1795.
The Directorate was thrown by Napoleon Bonaparte on 9th November 1799.
Jacobins were a revolutionary political group which was very influential during the French Revolution. It controlled France during the revolutionary period in France.