History 1401E Lecture 8: The Quest for Stability
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End of terror: the thermidor coup: 28 july 1794 = 9 thermidor year ii. Political prisoners were released: the thermidorian reaction. Signs of a new element of the new, romantic age of the 19th century. The reaction for a number of weeks after july 1794 // months when the most radical elements were avenged. People who had suffered during the terror went around paris and hunted down people responsible for the terror and their pains: killed them, made them suffer. People believed that the revolution had gone far enough (or even too far) and wished for it to be stopped. Nding stability is translated into a new constitution: in april 1795, france has a new constitution (the directory) The quest for stability: the directory (1795-1799: designed to nd a compromise to stabilize france as a (new) republic. Building some respect for the: the 1795 constitution, five directors (chosen by the council of elders), holding limited executive powers.