Directory
References
Coup of 22 Floréal
French history
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Council of Five Hundred
- In Council of Five Hundred
In the Coup of 22 Floréal, the Directory successfully pressured leaders in the legislative body to expel 127 of the newly elected delegates. Following more Jacobin victories in the election of 1799, however, the members of the Council of Five Hundred refused to submit to a purge…
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